Cards

Also credited to Mothusi Mokoto alone in some cases.

The original text

A controversial play about shadowy characters that frequent a Hillbrow brothel owned by Mubara, a Nigerian immigrant.

According to Grootboom, the play was developed at the Mmabana Arts Culture and Sports Foundation (formerly known as The North West Arts Council), in January 2000, and was co-written by Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom and with Mothusi Mokoto and directed by Grootboom

It was then developed further for the National Arts Festival Fringe in June of the same year. The text, credited to Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom and Mothusi Mokoto, was published in the volume Southern African Plays Collection (Pan African Publishers Ltd., 2018)

2000: First performed at the Mmabana Arts Culture and Sports Foundation (formerly known as The North West Arts Council), in the North West Province

2000: Developed further, for performance on the National Arts Festival Fringe, where it received mushch media attention.

2004: Performed as a fully-fledged production in The Arena at the State Theatre, Pretoria, directed by Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom, starring Siyabonga Thwala (as the Nigerian brothel owner "Mubara") and Tebogo Maboa, along with the Development actors in the play.

2005: Performed at the Windybrow Theatre, Hillbrow, and had a re-run at the State Theatre