Sipho’s journey began in the smoke and fury of the 1976 Soweto uprising, a moment that cost him his best friend and forged his path in the struggle against apartheid. For nearly fifty years, Sipho Mkhize has lived South Africa’s turbulent history – from the dangerous days of underground resistance and harrowing loss to the heady dawn of democracy in 1994, celebrated on the very streets where he first learned defiance. But freedom brought its complex battles. Sipho navigated the painful truths revealed by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, confronted the devastating AIDS crisis, and witnessed the corrosive spread of corruption and state capture that threatened to unravel the very liberation he fought for. Through presidencies that rose and fell, through moments of national triumph and shattering disillusionment, his resilience and that of his community endured. From the heart of Vilakazi Street, spanning generations of struggle and change up to the uncertain present of 2025, The Long View from Vilakazi Street is an epic, deeply personal story of hope, sacrifice, the enduring weight of history, and the ongoing fight for the soul of a nation.