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The Driver

Music, Dance, Storytelling, and Drama! This is what Nhlanhla John Lata's Musical Play, The Driver had to offer. A play set in a bus destined for Durban, centred around the life stories of three womxn  from different but similar backgrounds.  With an energetic yet sloppy (in the handling of props) musical opening, the three womxn played by Busisiwe Tsoaledi, Lindokuhle Ngomane, and Khabonina Magasela were able to capture the attention of the audience. Song and dance were the crux of all the experiences the womxn had been through, lightening the seriousness and easing the mind of the audience as these womxn's issues layered up. The play still needs to grow, delve into the realities of what womxn go through and maybe change the focal point of Adam and Eve wherein men are the crux of these womxn's stories, and in that, the actors need to be one with the characters. In as much as they are representing womxn out there, we need to see them drive the womxn in this play and give th...

Polokwane in Autumn

POETS In Autumn. “It’s the season to be wordy, it’s the season to be wordy.” When all plans to attend one of the biggest International (note well) Poetry Festivals fail, you start looking for something to self-destruct as a way of healing. Because the Universe conspires with our thoughts, there I was on my WhatsApp when I saw a poster on a friend’s profile about an upcoming International Poetry and Arts Festival in celebration of womxn. This couldn’t have been better timing, and for the cherry on top – IT WAS TO BE HELD IN POLOKWANE – HOME. Saturday, March 25 2017; there I was with my overnight bag. Elated and looking forward to the event, I arrived on time (this is when you know an event is special – me on time) and almost got lost. I was met by an A3 poster at the gate which prompted my mind to ask about the marketing quietness on the streets as I made my way here. Hosted at a car wash, a good spot if you ask me, I was met by c...