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yeah i'm also gonna have to take issue with that assertion that Rodriguez and his work was somehow 'anti-apartheid'. The song I recall being on constant rotation was the one about where he muses about how many times a woman has had sex. This wretched album was played constantly during my NS and beyond and by some particularly unpleasant sorts who would have burned their record and buried it in the Great Hole of Kimberly had they even got a whiff of it being remotely anti-apartheid.
Remember, SA was forced into insularity during the apartheid era. As such, they experienced what can only be described as aberrations of marketing and fandom. The majority, despite the availability of more esoteric fare on import, fixated on a very limited catalogue. Enter Rodrigues.
Suggesting his work was in some way anti-establishment seems to be, within the context of this film, a convenient hook to hang some backstory on. I'm afraid It's just bullshit.
In fact, i'd argue the most important anti-apartheid songs wheren't even released outside of SA.