Leleti Khumalo

In a world where truth is forbidden, an inspiring teacher dares to instill in her students lessons not found in schoolbooks.

Yesterday (Leleti Khumalo), a kindhearted South African village woman who brings hope and happiness to her poverty-stricken family, is horrified to find out that she has AIDS. Upon receiving her diagnosis, she realizes there are two things she must do. First, Yesterday makes the trek to the city of Johannesburg, where she informs her laborer husband of the awful news. After this painful confrontation, she then resolves to live long enough to see her daughter (Lihle Mvelase) start school.

A random act of kindness sparks a forbidden love affair between a white girl and an Indian man during the  Apartheid system in South Africa.