Biography of John Phalane
John Phalane was born in Tzaneen, Limpopo on 19 January 1957, the first of three children: his sister Venda was second born, and his brother, Jack, the last born. John went to Mogoboya School in Tzaneen in 1965 and completed his formal schooling in 1974. He took up art making in 2004 after having read Winston Churchill’s six volume history of the Second World War. Before that he acted as driver for the Inanda Polo Club from 1980 to 1996. He then became a taxi driver between Polokwane and Mazina until 2003. Phalane lives and works in Mmamaabolo, Limpopo.
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