Shosholoza

Shosholoza is a 2008 musical by John Ledwaba.

Original text

The play is set on a fictitious mine near Johannesburg and deals with the plight of mineworkers faced with the HIV/Aids epidemic, dangerous working conditions and the introduction of women mineworkers, which happened in 2001. The plot follows the life of a newly recruited mineworker from rural KwaZulu-Natal. He gets so mesmerised by both the good times and the tough life down the mines that he ends up forgetting his wife back home — he becomes a stick-fighting champion and falls in love with a woman colleague.

Performance history in South Africa

2008: Presented by Sobantu Performing Arts and Mpume Sikhosana at the Churchill Theatre (May). Directed by John Ledwaba. The musical director was Mthandeni Mvelase with choreography by Brian Mazibuko who also played the male lead. With Ntombenhle Sindane, Philisiwe Mpofana.

Sources

https://witness.co.za/archive/2008/04/22/life-in-the-gold-mines-20150430/

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