Herman Charles Bosman Site

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19 Isipingo Street, Corner Bezuidenhout Road, Bellevue
2013

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At the age of 21, Herman Charles Bosman was condemned to death for shooting and killing his step-mother here in 1926. After his sentence was commuted, the young school teacher spent four years in prison, an experience which inspired him to write his book Ò Cold Stone JugÓ. In the twenty years after his release, Bosman wrote the stories and essays for which he gained fame as a writer.

Photo courtesy: Kabelo Mokoena (Sunday Times)

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