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BUZZ
T H E M A R K E T
March 2021
VOLUME five | The Mother of All Eating
(...And the Looting continues)
NO. two | Pass Over is a great contemporary
piece that resonates globally
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The Mother of all Eating
(… and the looting continues!)
30 year old play remains relevant even today
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Pass OVer is a Great Contemporary Piece That
Resonates GLobally
Taking a look at the Market Theatre’s 2021 Black History Month offering
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Lulu Mlangeni residency announced!
Lulu Mlangeni announced as the Market Theatre’s resident for 2021
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Salute the Playwright RapidLion 2021 Rocks The Windybrow Arts
March 2021
– online series of works a Black Carpet at The Centre and Hear my
that will revolutionise Market Theatre voice invite young
the world of theatre! aspiring writers and
poets to their weekly
workshops for black
history month
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Get to know the staff The Market Photo Work- Dior Photography and
behind the Market shop 2021 Courses in Visual Arts Award for
Photo Workshop Progress) Young Talents – Call
for Applications
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ORMS Circle Mentorship What's on at the market
Programme theatre foundation
THE MARKET BUZZ TEAM
WRITERS: Clara Vaughan (Market Laboratory Head), Keitu Gwangwa (Windybrow Arts Centre Head), Khona Dlamini (Programmes and Project
Manager), Candice Jansen (Research & Exhibitions Programming Manager), Bekie Ntini (Manager: Training and Public Engagement Programming)
Lusanda Zokufa-Kathilu (Senior Publicist), Zama Sweetness Buthelezi (Brand and Communications Manager), Zodwa Shongwe (Producer)
Thozama Busakwe (Social Media Administrator) | STORY RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT: Lusanda Zokufa-Kathilu (Senior Publicist) | COMPILATION
AND PICTURES: Thato Kobile (Digital Communications Officer) | EDITORS: Zama Sweetness Buthelezi (Brand and Communications Manager) |
LAYOUT AND DESIGN: Ryan Lloyd (Graphic Designer) PHOTOGRAPHERS: Hoek Swaratlhe, Ngoma Ka Mphahlele, Suzy Bernstein, Eye Poetry
Photography
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Department of Sports, Arts & Culture MARKET WINDYBROW
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sport, arts & culture
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Sport, Arts and Culture
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
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Editor’s Note
Author Zama Sweetness Buthelezi
The Market Theatre marks 45 years of of our democracy; various commissions
authentic storytelling and this milestone have been set up and various headlines
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will be celebrated through-out the year have grabbed our attention. Written 30
through productions and exhibitions. years ago by prolific writer Zakes Mda, the
Over the years the Market Theatre has themes explored in this production will
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received numerous awards for excellent encourage for a deeper discourse. Starring
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storytelling this year will be no different as Vusi Kunene and Thulani Nyembe this
diverse and exciting works adorn the year. production is not to be missed. Limited
Pass Over kicked off Black History month seating please book your tickets early to
and has been well received by theatre avoid disappointment.
patrons. Starring Hungani Ndlovu, Khathu
Ramabulana and Charlie Bouguenon We have adjusted our show times to 19:00
Passover touches on some pertinent issues Tuesday till Saturday and reserved the
to which South Africans will relate. 15:00 timeslot for Sundays.
The Mother Of All Eating couldn’t come at In this issue of Market Buzz, we introduce
a better time while the country is grappling you to a skilled and talented team from
with the devasting effects of corruption. the Market Photo Workshop. Read more
Corruption has eaten into the moral fiber inside this issue.
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The Mother of all Eating
(… and the looting continues!)
Author Lusanda Zokufa-Kathilu
Contemporary and highly creative theatre of every facet of the classic stage actor.
directors, Khayelihle Dom Gumede and A visual and narrative feast that will have
Phala Ookeditse Phala, tackle a 30 year audiences confounded by ironic laughter
old timeless play The Mother of All Eating and melancholic reflection as the play
written by prolific playwright Zakes Mda. peals away at the disease and dis-ease of
The play will be staged at the Market the global themes of greed, corruption
Theatre as part of the 45 years celebration and classism. While the play is a triumph
from 16 March – 11 April 2021. on stage, it speaks to our fundamental
failure to heed the warnings and lessons,
Zakes Mda’s satirical masterpiece set in etched in the classic narrative of the abuse
Maseru, Lesotho (and first performed at of power.
the Sechaba Hall of the Victoria Hotel in
Maseru in 1992), explores the debilitating Dom has had the great fortune of directing
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culture of corruption and greed known over a dozen professional productions
as ‘eating’. A culture which has become for the stage include the award-winning
synonymous with corrupt state officials who production, Crepuscule, co-director of
enrich themselves by abusing government Milk and Honey and co-directing of the
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funds. acclaimed Tsotsi: The Musical. He was
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also the Theatre Curator for the Inaugural
Although The Mother of all Eating is season of The Centre for The Less Good
over 30 years old, it remains as tragically Idea Founded by William Kentridge. He is
relevant today as when it was first staged. also an internationally published academic
Mda meticulously penned a seminal take and playwright.
on how systemised corruption, becomes
normalised and embedded, how it Phala is the Animateur at The Centre for
imposes a steep cost on society, easily the Less Good Idea, an interdisciplinary
dwarfing that of street crime. He reveals incubator space for the arts, based in
how an emphasis on the individual as Maboneng, Johannesburg. He is a multi-
evildoer misses the point that systems and award-winning storiyer in the form of a
individuals are mutually reinforcing. theatre-maker and director whose works
have won awards in South Africa, USA,
Mda’s timeless classic centres on a Czech Republic and Australia.
character called ‘The Man’, the principal
secretary to a government minister. There is no silver bullet for fighting
The Man is corrupt to the core, and has corruption. South Africa has been riddled
enriched himself as he has moved through with corruption scandals since the days
the ranks of government. The play exposes of apartheid to the current dispensation.
the catastrophic effects of greed and the The current inquiries into State Capture
tragic effects that accompany unchecked and PPE’s misappropriation illustrate the
corruption. insurmountable financial mismanagement
and corruption that cripples the
Wilfully performed by South African government’s capability to deliver services
legends, Vusi Kunene and Thulani Nyembe, to its citizens.
this contemporary take is an exhibition
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Photographer:
©Thandile Zwelibanzi
Left:
Thulani Nyembe
Right:
Meet the Cast Vusi Kunene
Thulani is currently employed by
Thulani Nyembe Department of International Relations and
Thulani Nyembe obtained his BA (Dramatic Cooperation where his last posting was
Arts) and Master’s Degree (Educational at the South Africa’s Permanent Mission
Drama) at Wits University. He also holds a at the United Nations in New York where
Secondary Teachers Diploma and Masters he presented SA’s and Africa’s interests
in Business Administration (MBA). He has in the negotiations of resolutions on
performed in numerous theatre productions Development, Financial and Economic
which include amongst others SKEWE Issues.
SIRKEL, SURVIVAL, THE BLINKARDS,
SAMORA CONTINUA, WEST-DEEP LEVEL Vusi Kunene
MINES, SOPHIATOWN, THE PIANO Vusi Kunene was born In Meadowlands
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LESSON, THE GOOD WOMAN OF Soweto. Grew up with the love for the
SHARKVILLE, MARU. He has also worked arts. Inspired by plays performed in the
with acclaimed SA Theatre Practitioners/ township. That people, then, referred to
Directors which include amongst others as sketches. He participated in community
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Maishe Maponya, Lara Foot, Robert organized plays, like Strings Attached.
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“Mshengu” McClaren, Jerry Mofokeng, And other play as a youth club member.
Malcolm Purkey, Walter Chakela, Jannet He studied Dramatic Art at The Wits
Suzman, Siphiwe Khumalo, Yael Fabber, School Of Drama. Where he took part in
Sandra Prinsloo. plays such as The Hill, Miss Julie, Raisin(
musical version of A Raisin In The Sun).
Thulani has also appeared in a number And other plays. He was awarded a Vita
of television series and films, including Award for Ken Themba’s The Suit. For
LUCKY DAY, CROSSING THE LINE, JUMP the role of Philemon. Other plays include
THE GUN, HOTEL RWANDA. A Street Car Named Desire, Green Man
Flashing! Not With My Gun, Mmapula, On
He Conceived and Directed a play for My Birthday, Rivonia Trial and Nongogo.
the Market Theatre entitled Bozolli ...
Like Pantsula ... Like Mshoza which had Television roles include, Deafening Silence,
seasons at other Theatres in South Africa Justice For All, Generations, Isidingo,
as well. As a Part-time Drama Lecturer in Isibaya.
the Culture Department at the University of
Johannesburg, Thulani directed a Student Film: Cry The Beloved Country, A
Production for Grahamstown National Arts Reasonable Man, Fools, The First Grader,
Festival (June/July 1999). Eye in The Sky and A United.
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PASS OVER is a great contemporary
piece that resonates globally
Author Lusanda Zokufa-Kathilu
The Market Theatre presents Pass Over up on some of the key themes in the play
written by Antionette Nwandu, directed such as brotherhood, black empowerment,
by James Ngcobo by arrangement with self-belief, violence, white privilege fear,
Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel trust, trauma etc. The music is going to
French Inc made its South African debut be emotional and the genres I will be
from Friday 26 February – Sunday 28 dabbling between rap and jazz chords in
March 2021. quite places. This will allow the story to
flow uninterrupted”.
Pass Over explores the unquestionable
human spirit of young black men who Kabomo best known for the roles in the
dream about a promised land and hoping films and television series Zabalaza, Sink
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a miracle will happen. Moses and Kitch are and Seriously Single. Apart from acting,
struggling to survive in the tough streets he is also a writer, poet, editor, musician,
of America. A provocative riff on Waiting rapper, producer and an artist manager.
for Godot, it’s a rare piece of politically
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charged theatre by Antionette who is a James Ngcobo’s passion for working with
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bold new American voice. emerging actors, young designers and for
mentoring young industry enthusiasts has
Pass Over was staged in commemoration yielded impressive results. In Pass Over
of Black History Month. Although mainly he chose Sibusisiwe Gugu Manqele as
celebrated in America, the play inspired assistant director. Sibusisiwe is currently
South Africans to have the tough discourse writing for GOMORA the Mnet Mzansi
around issues of common interest like Magic Telenovela.
police brutality and white supremacy long
after Apartheid. She has written two plays YINI? / WHAT
IS IT? and Migration of the Heart. She
The South African premier of Pass Over starred in a lead role on the SABC award
production starred Charlie Bouguenon, winning edutainment series Intersextions
Hungani Ndlovu and Khathu Ramabulana. 2 in 2013, had a feature role in Saints and
The trio had been gifted with a challenging Sinners 1 on Mzansi Magic and starred as
task of portraying larger than life characters a guest presenter on SABC 1’s YOTV Crib
in the play that resemble real life stories. notes
Kabomo Vilakazi or simply known as Pass Over premiered at the Steppenwolf
Kabomo is no stranger to South African Theatre Company in Chicago in May
audiences, he joins the creative team of 2017. The play was recorded live at the
Pass Over as musical composer. Speaking Steppenwolf Theatre, adapted for film by
on his journey for the creation of the music co-director Danya Taymor and co-director
he had this to say “I have created music and producer Spike Lee and premiered on
that will help Pass Over turn the volume Amazon Prime Video on April 20, 2018.
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Lulu Mlangeni residency announced!
Author Lusanda Zokufa-Kathilu
Photographer Steve Kabuya
TTwo years ago the Market Theatre for her brave and explosive dance style by
Foundation took a decision to create a the Standard Bank Young Artist Award.
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platform for emerging story tellers . The Lulu will use the time of her residency at
residency allows them the opportunity the Market Theatre creating her piece
to utilise the space and receive technical for upcoming National Arts Festival in
support which will help them in honing Makhanda.
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their creative voices for future projects.
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The first recipient of the Residency was Jeff The 6 month residency is aimed at
Tshabalala and his company Ub’Dope. supporting artists at every stage of their
careers, from emerging artists to mid-
Jeff’s residency was one that challenged career and established theatremakers.
the traditional form of content creation Although the sector is still facing difficulties
as he explored the relationship between the need to carry on with the Residency
audience. He introduced an interactive Program is crucial. The Market Theatre
game shows that required patron Foundation will identify two young people
participatory as part of his learnings and from different pockets of the industry every
product. year who will be awarded the Residency.
The 2021 recipient is choreographer and Kippies will again be the home where the
dancer Lulu Mlangeni. She was given a nod creative magic will happen.
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Photographer:
©Steve Kabuya
Lulu Prudence Mlangeni is a dancer, Mlangeni was invited as collaborator with
teacher, choreographer and director based Julian Arguelles (British Musician and
in Johannesburg, South Africa. Over the Arranger) and iComplete vocal quartet
years she has worked with prominent local (South Africa) choreographed dance
and international artists, script writers, and movements for the Aarhus Jazz Orchestra
directors like Gregory Maqoma, Luyanda concert that took place at Ridehuset Vester
Sidiya, PJ Shabbaga, Nelisiwe Xaba, James Alle (Denmark) in July 2017.
Ngcobo, Darren Hayward, Sibongile
Khumalo and Hugh Masekela just to name In 2018 she was commissioned by
a few. the Market Theatre as a Director/
Choreographer to stage Confined as part
Mlangeni has performed in places like of the Department of Arts and Culture
Burkina Faso, Tanzania, Switzerland, Brazil, incubator Project.
France, Mozambique, Botswana, Mexico,
Russia, USA, Germany, Madagascar, In the same year, she was also
Reunion Ireland and many more. She is an commissioned by the Playhouse as a
award winner for The Most Outstanding Director/Choreographer to stage Scars
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Female Dancer 2007 in Contemporary a new work created for the South African
Style for the Dance Umbrella Festival. She Woman’s Art Festival for The Playhouse.
was commissioned to stage her first solo
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work piece for the Dance Umbrella Festival Mlangeni was the RMB Starlight Classics
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in Johannesburg in 2011. Assistant Director and Choreographer from
2018 till 2020. She was an Assistant Stage
She is the winner of a reality TV show So Director for Mzansi viewer’s choice awards
You Think You Can Dance Season 2 South in 2018/2019, the Pandora Awards, The
Africa in 2010 and was a choreographer for Voice South Africa Season 3, All under
the season 3 show. She is a nominee for the Darren Hayward.
Naledi Awards in 2010 and presented three
awards in 2016. In 2014, she was named In 2019, she choreographed and directed
the first recipient of the Sophie Mgcina her latest work called The Encounter staged
Best Emerging Voice Award supported by at the Market Theatre and commissioned
the Market Theatre at the Naledi Awards. by the National Art Counsel Grant.
In 2017 her choreographic skills and work Mlangeni has also been invited by The
ethic landed her more opportunities. Centre for The Less Good Idea founded by
Mlangeni was one the creators for Big William Kentridge in season 3 and season
City Big Dreams, a collaboration between 5 as a dancer/choreographer.
three major companies in Johannesburg,
Vuyani Dance Theatre, Moving into She co-choreographed with Luyanda
Dance and Joburg Ballet. She was further Sidiya for the Presidential Inauguration
commissioned to be a choreographer and a in May 2019 at Loftus Stadium alongside
performer for the Children’s Monologues, James Ngcobo as a Director.
directed by James Ngcobo and produced
by Mfundi Vundla. Mlangeni is also the Standard Bank Artist
Award Winner in Dance for 2020.
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Salute the Playwright – online
series of works that will
revolutionise the world of
theatre!
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Author Lusanda Zokufa-Kathilu
The explosion of online theatre productions In the past year online theatre has offered
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during the pandemic has provided an audiences the comfort of watching great
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alternative space for theatres. The curation theatre in the comfort of their homes. Salute
of theatre online has allowed for more the Playwright will engage audiences who
audiences to engage with the work. would not normally experience Market
Theatre.
The Market Theatre has curated a series
of 30-minute online productions under the For the next eight weeks Salute the
banner of Salute the Playwright, shot in Playwright will provide a jam-packed line
high definition to be viewed online from up of pulsating projects for theatre lovers
26 March 2021. Salute the Playwright across the globe. A Vegan Killed My
will present a mixture of South Africa Marriage will kick start the online series
and Continental works that will be online from 26 March – 4 April 2021.
throughout the year as part of the 45 years
of the Market Theatre celebration.
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©Suzy Bernstein
Award winning playwright Craig Freimond brought about innovation that is driven by
makes his return to the Market with this the quest of widening audience reach. This
satire A Vegan Killed My Marriage. James new producing for digital consumption has
is a meat eating South African man. He left us with a gift of a parallel industry.
is plugged into the world of media and
insistent concerns about the meat industry Under level 1, theatres are partially
role in impending climate catastrophe. operating again with a limited capacity
and social distancing measures in place.
Avalon will premier 29 March – 7 April The convergence of live theatre with online
2021, written and starring Lunga Radebe, works provides opportunities for new types
directed by award winning director Vice of viewing experience for current and new
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Motshabi Monageng. The play revolves audiences.
around Sabantu, a young nouveau riche
who, desperate to save his mother’s wilting PRODUCTION INFORMATION
life, take on the advice from a traditional
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prophet to embark on a search for his A Vegan Killed My Marriage
grandmother’s grave in one of South 26 March – 4 April
Africa’s largest cemeteries. Author and Director: Craig Freimond
Starring
New to the Market Theatre writing sphere
is writer and director Rorisang Matuba Avalon
who brings us this heart-warming drama 29 March – 7 April
Di a Paro Tsa Mama. On the eve of their Author and Actor: Lunga Radebe
mother’s funeral, two sisters, aged 23 and Director: Vice Motshabi Monageng
29, sort through their beloved matriarch’s
clothes in search of the perfect outfit Di a Paro Tsa Mama
to bury her in. Their sensitive nostalgia 21 – 31 May
morphs into harrowing discoveries about Author and Director: Rorisang Motuba
death, grief and survival.
Age Recommendation; 13
The Market Theatre’s initiative to interplay Ticket prices: R50.00
between live and digital shows has www.webtickets.co.za
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Carpet at The Market Theatre!
Author Lusanda Zokufa-Kathilu
RapidLion 2021 is dedicated to all victims On seeing a torn up shoe in the backstreets
and survivors of gender-based violence of Hillbrow, Morojele started thinking of
(GBV) and all those who lost their lives to the possible violence that might have
the COVID-19 pandemic. As a first in the led to the shoe landing at that spot. This
film industry, worldwide, RapidLion 2021 became the genesis of #WeDoCare, a
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will be replacing the red carpet with a black film about a woman who is trapped in a
carpet, with guests invited to the opening violent relationship because of her love for
ceremony being asked to dress in any shoes. “The film is an attempt to explore
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shade of black, “…an elegant colour”, said the danger inherent in transactional
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Festival Director, Eric Miyeni, “ a deeply relationships”, said Morojele.
respectful colour, a dignified colour, and,
in many ways, a glamorous colour”. The film festival will take place at The
Market Theatre from the 5th to the 11th
Jeanette Sera, People Opposing Women of April, 2021. Artistic Director at The
Abuse (POWA) Counselling Services Market Theatre, James Ngcobo, said of
Manager, who will give the keynote address this edition of RapidLion: “This film festival
at the opening of RapidLion on 5 April, continues to bring a great deal of creativity
says: “Film, a large scale visual art format, and care to The Market Theatre. This year’s
has the incredible power to influence black carpet is no exception. We are very
behaviour. We are excited to be a part of happy to be partnering RapidLion against
this event where RapidLion is working to gender-based violence”.
influence filmmakers to use movies as a
tool to fight GBV”. The festival will screen feature films from
the African continent and BRICS countries,
RapidLion 2021 will open with the GBV and documentaries and short films from
short film #WeDoCare by actor, film across the globe. Tickets are available
director and producer Sechaba Morojele. through WebTickets and at the door.
20 21The Windybrow Arts Centre
and Hear My Voice invite young
aspiring writers and poets to
their weekly workshops for
black history month
Author Lusanda Zokufa-Kathilu & Zintle Radebe
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In celebration of Black History Month, the inform young people on the history of black
Windybrow Arts Center and Hear My Voice people, but to also assist them in finding ways
have planned an insightful and interactive to capture their experiences through poetry
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program for young aspiring poets and writers. and spoken word. Participants will be invited to
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The program will consist of four workshops that join the sessions in the zoom room so that they
will be held every Tuesday from the 16th of can ask questions and give their opinions in the
February to the 9th of March at 5pm via zoom moment.
and will be streamed live on the Windybrow and
the Hear My Voice Facebook pages. We invite As Dylan Thomas once said; “A good poem is
youths between the ages of 13-19yrs to sign up a contribution to reality. The world is never the
and gain access to participate in the workshops. same once a good poem has been added to it.
A good poem helps to change the shape of the
The workshops will have a strong focus on the universe, helps to extend everyone’s knowledge
importance of black history month and will host of himself and the world around him” we believe
a variety of national and international poets who that these workshops will impart knowledge that
have carefully curated and planned sessions that will give our youth the confidence and urgency
will not only share the importance of black history to be contributors of their history and society
month, but will also assist young and aspiring through their poetry.
poets with their process and writing skills. We You can register to join in the Zoom Room via
are excited about hosting these workshops as the following link:
they create a platform for shared learning and
experiences. The aim is to not only educate and https://forms.gle/j2CwN3hfQcoA81LV9
22 23Get to know the staff behind the
Market Photo Workshop
Author Mosa Kaiser
Photographer Charles Kgoma KaMphahlele & Zegugu Ngemntu
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The Market Photo Workshop has many faces internships in our various departments where
behind the scenes running our courses, projects, they are able to network and gain industry
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exhibition and public programmes. experience while being appropriately
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compensated.
As a resource and learning center for the
advancement of photography as a tool for social We are welcoming the public to get to more
development and economic empowerment about know us and our team.
in Africa, our staff each bring to the table their
own dynamic insights and experiences within See a bit about us here on our website
the world of photography, the visual arts and https://marketphotoworkshop.co.za/staff-
education. profiles/
In addition, the Market Photo Workshop is “A home for compelling visual storytelling
intentional about providing opportunities to through photography”
young professionals and students through
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Courses in Progress
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Author Silas Nkosi
Photographer Charles Ngoma KaMphahlele
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The 2021 academic year for the Market from Uganda. We welcome all the students
Photo Workshop courses has successfully to our space of critical thinkers of visual
started for both our short and long narratives through photography.
courses. The Foundation Course (FC 21-
01) started on 12 January and Intermediate Image on Left:
Course (IC 21-01) started on 19 January. ADVANCED PROGRAMME IN
The long course started on 08 and 09 PHOTOGRAPHY 2021
February respectively for the Advanced Simphiwe Thabede Bongani Khumalo
Programme in Photography (APP), and Ndivhuwo Mashau Lerato Khumalo Khaya
the Photojournalism and Documentary Malinga Ts’episo Mahooe Ogorogile
Photography Programme (PDP). We are Nong Ayanda Ngema Matsediso Dichaba
also happy to have five members of the Senzekile Sangweni Elizir Benjamin MPW
South African National Defence Force IC 21-01
(SANDF) in the PDP and Delovie Kwagala
26 27Dior Photography and Visual Arts
Award for Young Talents – Call
for Applications
Author Silas Nkosi
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Photograph Double Identité by Pamela Tulizo
“By participating in the Christian Dior APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN for The Dior
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competition it was for a great experience Photography and Visual Arts Award for
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and a great opportunity, with the Young Talents. This call is only eligible to
accompaniment of MPW and the support current Market Photo Workshop Students
of the PICHA workshop (in the biennial of and Market Photo Workshop Alumni who
Lubumbashi) I won the prize and it was have completed their courses within the
extraordinary. A new world opened up to last 5 years.
me from an artistic point of view and also
on my artistic approach.” APPLICATION CLOSE ON THE 12TH OF
MARCH
– Pamela Tulizo
(Market Photo Workshop alumni and See www.marketphotoworkshop.co.za/
winner of the 2020 Dior Photography and news for details.
Visual Arts Award).
28 29Orms Circle Mentorship Programme
Author Khona Dlamini
Image Retrieved from: https://blog.ormsdirect.co.za/apply-orms-circle-mentorship-programme-2/
The Orms Circle Mentorship Programme unanimous – granted, the decision was not
(OCMP) was offered under Orms an easy one to make with an impressive
Cape Town School of Photography in amount of quality entries. Lesego made a
collaboration with the Market Photo strong impression on the entire panel with
Workshop. The OCMP provides a place the multi-disciplinary experimentations
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for exhibitions, mentorship, conversations, through which she processes her well-
process experimentations, research and defined conceptual concerns” says Lauren
archive. The mission of this programme Theunissen, Photographic Department
is to incubate, grow, support, enrich and Lecturer and Exhibition Curator at Orms
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archive professional practice of visual Cape Town School of Photography.
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culture generators of the African continent
and diaspora. OCMP specifically launches Under the guidance of ORMS Cape Town
in Womxn’s month and invites womxn- School of Photography Photographic
identifying practitioners to apply for an Department Lecturer and Exhibition
opportunity to finalise a body of work in Curator, Lauren Theunissen, Head of
consultation with mentors. The artist will Market Photo Workshop, Lekgetho
have access to studio space and facilities. Makola and Orms Circle alumni and
Their mentorship term will conclude in a multi-disciplinary artist, Yonela Makoba,
final exhibition printed by ORMS. Each Seoketsa worked towards a body of work
year the artist will join the circle of mentors that has been exhibited in Cape Town
available to the next OCMP participant from the 9th of December. The exhibition
to ensure a network growth and resource is titled Uthethathethwano which means
pool for professionals. negotiation -, Lesego’s work layers the
lived experience of being a black woman
Lesego Seoketsa was selected as the 2020 in South Africa, the tumultuous relationship
Orms Circle Mentorship Programme’s with the land, as well as themes of creation,
artist. “The choice to work with Lesego was birth, liberation, reclamation and healing.
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MOTHER OF ALL EATING
WHAT’S ON AT THE
MARKET THEATRE Mother Of All Easting is a satire by Zakes
Mda. The play explores the debilitating
culture of corruption and greed known
Khayelihle Gumede starring Vusi Kunene.
DATES: Friday 12 March –
Sunday 11 April 2021
F O U N D AT I O N
as “eating”. The culture has become
synonymous with corrupt state officials who TIMES: Friday to Saturday 18h00
enrich themselves by abusing government and Sunday 15h00
funds. Set in Lesotho 1992, the play
exposes the catastrophic effects of greed VENUE: Barney Simon Theatre
and the tragic effects that accompany
The Market Theatre Foundation where the city’s markettheatre.co.za, www.webtickets.co.za or buy unchecked corruption. Directed by Dom
heart beats! has launched an exciting and diverse your ticket at any Pick ‘n Pay store.
programme that will offer wide range of offering for
audiences. For block bookings call
Anthony Ezeoke at 011 832 1641/083 246 4950,
For more details about the productions visit Magret on079 656 2340 or Jabulisile on 083 203
the Market Theatre Foundation website www. 0531
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A VEGAN KILLED MY MARRIAGE
PART OF THE SALUTE THE PLAYWRIGHT ONLINE SEASON
March 2021
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James is a meat eating South African the Braai, demands an entirely meat free AVALON
man. He is also plugged into the world home. PART OF THE SALUTE THE PLAYWRIGHT ONLINE SEASON
media and insistent concerns about the A Vegan Killed My Marriage explores
meat industry’s role in the impending eating animals, the current climate crisis
climate catastrophe. He has done his and it’s associated lifestyle choices in a
best to ignore such concerns until a work hilarious domestic drama with the survival Avalon revolves around Sabantu, a young Sabantu in profound ways.
trip serves him an unexpected double of the human species at its heart. nouveau riche who, desperate to save his AUTHOR:
whammy and he is shaken out of his mother’s wilting life, takes on the advice
from a traditional prophet to embark on
Lunga Radebe
comfort zone. He becomes a vegetarian AUTHOR:
which he is very pleased about, but it leads a search for his grandmother’s grave in DIRECTOR:
to some unexpected complications. His
Craig Freimond one of South Africa’s largest cemeteries. Monageng Vice Motshabi
DIRECTOR: Sabantu is instructed to perform a ritual
new lifestyle does not fit well into his meat- ONLINE PERFORMANCE DATES:
eating family. The more radical he becomes on the grave which is meant to remove the
Craig Freimond from 29 March 2021
the more conflict is created at home. His black cloud lingering heavily over his family.
ONLINE PERFORMANCE DATES: This ostensibly simple task, however, soon ACTOR:
vegetarianism changes into Veganism and
his lifestyle becomes a kind of crusade. from 26 March 2021 becomes a daunting journey that confronts Lunga Radebe
The skirmishes at home escalates into a ACTOR:
full-blown war when James, who only a Aaron Mcilroy
few months before, had been the king of
34 35Stimela
A Hugh Masekela Exhibition by Brett Rubin
Volume 5 No 02
The seminal Hugh Masekela song Stimela Masekela has commented that the “train
(The Coal Train) forms the basis of this was South Africa’s first tragedy.” His words
March 2021
posthumous exhibition celebrating the life express the pain of exploited mineworkers,
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and works of Hugh Masekela. and the separation and loss of family
Stimela, with its stark and visceral lyrics is one
members who sometimes never returned
home from work as a result of death or
Di a Paro Tsa Mama
of the pinnacles of Masekela’s contribution finding another loved one. According to PART OF THE SALUTE THE PLAYWRIGHT ONLINE SEASON
to South African music and culture, and Johannesburg-based art historian and writer
according to Andries Bezuidenhout, a Percy Mabandu, ‘Stimela is an ominous
professor of developmental studies at Fort delineation of the dramas of economic On the eve of their mother’s funeral, two AUTHOR:
Hare University, reminds everyone that displacement in all their dreaded glory. sisters, aged 23 and 29, sort through Rorisang Motuba
South Africa’s wealth and infrastructure was In Masekela’s languid libretto, the train is their beloved matriarch’s clothes in search
built on the back of labour from all over a cold and monstrous thing. He links it to of the perfect outfit to bury her in. Their DIRECTOR:
Africa. They were the force that modernized the loss of land, home and livestock for the sensitive nostalgia morphs into harrowing Rorisang Motuba
the country. migrant mineworkers. By the time Masekela discoveries about death, grief and survival ONLINE PERFORMANCE DATES:
reaches for his horn to serve his melodic
21 - 31 May 2021
The emergence of modern South Africa statement, the song begins to shore up the
came about as a result of the discovery coal train as the handmaiden of the colonial
of diamonds and gold, and the need for assault. A lamentation!’
cheap labour to extract metals from the
seams that ran through the Witwatersrand’s For Masekela, writing “Stimela” must have
rock formations. The exhibition imagines been, in part, a reflection on his own life
this world so graphically portrayeded by and the pain and sacrifices endured during
Stimela, set in the treacherous conditions a lengthily exile.
of the brutal and dangerous South African
migrant labour system that relied so heavily DATES: Sunday 4 April
on the coal trains to bring and send back the
Sunday 2 May 2021
cheap labour central in the development of
Johannesburg’s vast mining and mineral VENUE: Mannie Manim Foyer
extraction wealth accrued during Apartheid.
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