[1] He trained as a social worker but later qualified as an attorney, gaining admittance to the Supreme Court of South Africa in 1964.
A former member of the anti-apartheid Pan Africanist Congress,[1] Ramusi became involved in the internal politics of the bantustan of Lebowa in the 1970s.
[6][7][8] While in exile, Ramusi wrote his memoirs with Ruth S. Turner; they were published by Holt in 1989 under the title Soweto, My Love.
[10] Ramusi's first wife was Thabo Mary Jane Morare, a professional nurse, with whom he had three sons: Selaelo, Sekgweng, and Mothibi.
[11] Selaelo joined Umkhonto we Sizwe and died in prison in 1979; Ramusi was in exile at the time and was refused entry to South Africa for his burial.