During a photo-shoot for Drum magazine at a mine dump, Dolly and the white photographer, Jürgen Schadeberg were arrested under the Immorality Act, which forbade interracial relationships.
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A talent scout from Gallo approached her and it was not long before she became a star.
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Dolly Rathebe was born in Randfontein (west of Krugersdorp) in South Africa but grew up in Sophiatown, which she describes as having been "a wonderful place".
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Lorraine Klaasen was influenced by South Africa’s musical giants of the 1950s and 1960s, such as Miriam Makeba, Dolly Rathebe, Dorothy Masuka, Sophie Mgcina and Busi Mhlongo, contemporaries and friends of her mother, Thandi Klaasen.
Legends Dolly Rathebe and Dorothy Masuka describe Yvonne's music as "something that all should listen to".