A young South African boy from the Johannesburg ghetto named Tsotsi, meaning Gangster, leaves home as a child to get away from his helpless parents. Now a teenage thug, Tsotsi finds a baby in the back seat of a car he's just stolen. He decides that it is his responsibility to care for the infant and in the process learns that maybe the criminal life isn’t the best way.

Presley Chweneyagae
as Tsotsi

Jerry Mofokeng
as Morris

Terry Pheto
as Miriam

Zenzo Ngqobe
as Butcher

Zola
as Fela

Rapulana Seiphemo
as John Dube

Nambitha Mpumlwana
as Pumla Dube

Percy Matsemela
as Sergeant Zuma

Thembi Nyandeni
as Soekie

Owen Sejake
as Gumboot Dlamini