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uGugu no Andile
GUGU AND ANDILE is a love-story set against the backdrop of
the war that raged through South Africa’s townships in the early 1990s.
It tells the tale of two star-crossed lovers, unlucky enough to be born
into families on opposite sides of the political and cultural divide.
Gugu, a sweet and innocent sixteen-year old, comes from a Zulu-speaking
family, while Andile, eighteen and equally ready for love, comes from
a family steeped in the Xhosa tradition. READ MORE... |
Askies SABC2, broadcast April 2009
From 16 April 2009, SABC 2 will screen a brand new local sitcom ‘Askies'. With
11 official languages and a handful of quirky but determined students,
the sleazeball from upstairs, and, of course, their Afrikaans-speaking
Zulu teacher all contribute to the question Askies asks: ‘Will they ever
learn to understand one another?' Askies follows a diverse group of eccentric adults, who have
to learn an indigenous South African language to improve their social
status. In the surreal, frequently comic world of the Zulu Night Language-school,
they learn to overcome their prejudices and cultural tics... to communicate
with each other! READ MORE... |
The Nik Rab Show SABC3, scheduled broadcast date October, 2009
Starting
from October 2009, on SABC3, Nick Rabinowitz, South Africa’s
only white, Xhosa, Afrikaans speaking comedian, hosts
his own late night talk-show
aiming to take an irreverent but serious dig into the
South African psyche. READ MORE... |
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Unsung Heroes: The Mike Masote Story SABC2, Broadcast date September 2009
Apartheid South Africa … what if a young black violinist sets out to form an
all black orchestra to play classical music against the backdrop of overwhelming
political and personal odds? The Mike Masote Story is a dramatisation of the life and times
of Mike Masote, the founder of the Soweto String Quartet. Mike Masote
sets out on a musical journey to prove that music, the universal language
of music, transcends politics and race. READ MORE... |
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