"Tsotsi" (in Afrikaans and Tsotsi-Taal street slang with subtitles) tells the story of the teenaged leader of one such pack, played with gritty resolve by stone-faced newcomer Presley Chweneyagae.

Awards were presented today at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival, with Gavin Hood‘s “Tsotsi” winning the event’s People’s Choice Award voted by attendees of the festival ...

South African actor Presley Chweneyagae, star of the Oscar-winning South African film "Tsotsi", has died at the age of 40, his agent announced Tuesday. "It is with profound sadness that we confirm ...

Presley Chweneyagae, who drew widespread acclaim as the young star of “Tsotsi” (2005), a slum-set drama that won South Africa’s first Academy Award for best foreign-language film, died May ...

Miramax hot for ‘Tsotsi’ – Variety Home Film Markets & Festivals Sep 25, 2005 10:00pm PT ...

In Johannesburg, a small time criminal, Tsotsi, is a teenager without feelings, hardened by his tough life. After a series of violent gang hits, Tsotsi hijacks a car. However, whilst driving ...

Presley Chweneyagae, the South African actor who gained international recognition for his leading role in the 2005 film Tsotsi,has died. He was 40 years old. Chweneyagae’s three-decade long ...

Tsotsi is a cold-blooded thug, until he shoots a mother and takes her baby. Then the story becomes -- depending on your view -- either an uplifting story of emotional redemption and rebirth or a ...

Dazed and cinematically gluttonous Toronto International Film Festival audiences awarded “Tsotsi,” Gavin Hood’s film based on a story by Athol Fugard about a young gang member, the People ...

Helmer-scribe Gavin Hood's "Tsotsi," about a thug who cares for the baby of a woman he kills in a carjacking, is South Africa's submission for consideration in Oscar's foreign-language film ...

Zola Tsotsi’s showdown with the Eskom board on Monday night ended with a whimper, not a bang. The meeting was held to give the Eskom chairperson the opportunity to explain why he should not be ...