The melody of Sipho Mtshali’s ice cream van has drawn hordes of Soweto children since South Africa’s violent apartheid years, flocking to lap up creamy, soft servings. Decades later, Mtshali is still going strong. Now 63, Mtshali says he has worked “Monday to Monday” for the past 45 years, driving through the hilly township that spawned South Africa’s first black president, Nelson Mandela. Even during the violent liberation struggle that rocked Soweto during the 1970s, he stayed the course. Only the winter weather occasionally stops him. “If it’s cold, you get the rest,” said the native of Sow…

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