Name of characters who played a role in makhaya's healing?

Makhaya fled South Africa because he was involved in a bomb plot so now,he is a refugee. He suffered the Apartheid system back at home where black people were not free and their rights were not respected or guarantee.Due to what he suffered, he is not able to trust anyone. But this condition changes because he means well to other people in Golema Mmidi so he starts to be social and help them. He met Dinorego and Gilbert who helped him to adapt, stay and work there in the village. Dinorego helped him form the very beginning of his arrival and he introduced Makhaya to the agriculture Gilbert who, later on, gives him a job. 

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