[1] After leaving teaching college, he worked for at the short lived newspaper Africa (where Can Themba was the editor).
He also wrote the "On the Beat" column which centered Motsisi's observations of daily life in shebeens and townships.
[2] Motsisi wrote about everyday life for Black South Africans to make cutting social and political commentary about the injustice of apartheid.
Motsisi's style borrowed heavily from that of Damon Runyon, using "Americanese" and Tsotsitaal (local township slang).
Motsisi also contributed to The Classic, a journal edited by a fellow Drum journalist Nat Nakasa.