 The painting was then bought by a benefactor and donated to the church.A highly symbolic element of the painting is a large eye right under the Black Madonna.According to journalist Mpho Lukoto of newspaper "The Star", the pupil of the eye represents the township of Soweto; two forks directed towards the pupil from the sides represent the violence that was used against the people of Soweto during the apartheid era, and the cross in the center of the pupil represents the Church that illuminates the people with hope.