May 27 1963

Thomas (Tommy) Trevor Motswai, award-winning artist, is born in Johannesburg. Born deaf, he starts drawing while attending Kutlwanong School for the Deaf; then studies at the Johannesburg Art Foundation and FUBA. He portrays the world around him in vivid pastels. “I like to draw happy people doing ordinary things like travelling on buses, talking and singing, in places I know well, like Soweto.” Picture: http://www.sahistory.org.za