theme of apartheid played a huge role in the novel

I see your question, but I can't write a in depth paper in this short-answer space. Miriam Ngidi is an 18-year-old mother of an infant son who gets her water from a public tap down the street from Tsotsi’s room. During her pregnancy, her husband Simon was a part of the bus boycotts linked with black South African protest against apartheid-like policies. It is implied he was killed by white policemen for his protest. Mariam was left single with a baby and no support.