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<p>Created page with &quot;&#039;&#039;Khongolose Khommanding Khommissars&#039;&#039; by <a href="/index.php/Jefferson_Tshabalala" title="Jefferson Tshabalala">Jefferson Tshabalala</a> (19**-) == The original text == &#039;&#039;Khongolose Khommanding Khommissars&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;KKK&#039;&#039;) is a South African politi...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>''Khongolose Khommanding Khommissars'' by [[Jefferson Tshabalala]] (19**-)<br /> <br /> == The original text ==<br /> <br /> ''Khongolose Khommanding Khommissars'' (''KKK'') is a South African political satire by [[Jefferson Tshabalala]], writing as &quot;J. Bobs&quot;. Performed largely in English and laced with an invented idiom the play calls &quot;Comrade-speak&quot;, it dissects the entanglement of politicians and businessmen in contemporary South Africa, asking what it means to be a black businessman, a black politician, or both at once, and exposing a culture of greed and corruption beneath the rhetoric of revolution.<br /> <br /> ''Khongolose Khommanding Khommissars'' was published as a script in 2018*, in a collaboration between his company [[Kiri Pink Nob|Kiri Pink Nob Arts]] and [[Monageng Motshabi]]'s diartskonageng*, the two having earlier co-produced the work for the stage. It was launched in Cape Town in December 2018*. The script was awarded the [[Naledi Theatre Awards|Naledi Award]] for Best New South African Script (2024*).<br /> <br /> == Translations and adaptations ==<br /> <br /> No translations or adaptations have been traced*.<br /> <br /> == Performance history in South Africa ==<br /> <br /> An early staging was co-produced by [[Kiri Pink Nob|Kiri Pink Nob Arts]] and diartskonageng around 2017*. The play received its first major professional production — billed as its world premiere — at the 2023 [[National Arts Festival]], Makhanda, opening on 30 June 2023. It was produced by the [[Market Theatre]] and directed by [[Billy Langa]] and [[Mahlatsi Mokgonyana]] (the [[Theatre Duo]]), with [[Ketsia Velaphi]] as assistant director, set and lighting by [[Denis Hutchinson]], costumes by [[Lethabo Bereng]], projection design by [[Nikki Pilkington]], sound by [[Jannous Aukema]] and movement direction by [[Ernest Baleni|Ernest &quot;Ginger&quot; Baleni]]. The cast was [[Lebohang Masimola]] (Qiniso Nxumalo), [[Anelisa Phewa]] (Sqalo Hoko), [[Tshireletso Nkoane]] (Tsebo Rapoo), [[Xolile Benjamin Gama]] (Ronald Mulaudzi) and [[Moagi Benjamin Kai]] (Mxolisi Mthembu). The production was made possible by the Eyesizwe Mining Development Trust*, the [[National Arts Festival]], [[Business and Arts South Africa]] and [[Standard Bank]].<br /> <br /> 2023: Following its [[National Arts Festival]] premiere, the production played the [[Market Theatre]], Johannesburg, from 26 July*, and the [[South African State Theatre]], Pretoria, from 17 November to 3 December.<br /> <br /> == Sources ==<br /> <br /> 'Profile: Khongolose Khommanding Khomissars – The khorrupt get their just desserts', ''The Critter'', 2023.<br /> <br /> https://markettheatre.co.za/khongolose-khommanding-khommissars-kkk/<br /> <br /> 'Khongolose Khommanding Khommissars delves into the dark underbelly of SA's politics', IOL/''[[Sunday Tribune]]'', 2 August 2023.<br /> <br /> https://www.africancentreforcities.net/book-launch-khongolose-khommanding-khommissars/<br /> <br /> Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]<br /> <br /> == Return to ==<br /> <br /> Return to [[ESAT Plays 1 K|K]] in Plays I Original SA Plays<br /> <br /> Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays]]<br /> <br /> Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]<br /> <br /> Return to [[Main Page]]</div>

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