She was a storyteller par excellence. Armed with a brilliant command of isiXhosa, its values, traditions and culture.
Noxolo Grootboom bid a final adieu to millions of viewers on Tuesday night.
That moment was so staggering… no less than the President delayed his address to the nation to allow the legend a majestic exit.
Grootboom is among over 600 employees who are leaving the public broadcaster.
During her 37 years at the public broadcaster, she strove to preserve her mother tongue.
“It is up to you to make sure that the work that we have done doesn’t go to waste, it depends on you how proud you are, about who you are, how proud you are in speaking Venda, Setswana, Sepedi, isiXhosa, isiZulu, Siswati, isiIndebele, it all rests upon you now, it is within you guys, you have all the freedom to make sure that these languages don’t perish.”
For her, it was all about identity – African identity.
