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 : had lead roles in the [[Port Elizabeth Shakespearian Festival]] production of ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' and [[Jean Genet]]'s play ''[[The Balcony]]'' at the [[Port Elizabeth Opera House]]
-: Acted in the 2011 TV series, ''[[The Dancing Sangoma]]''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3144228/].
+: Played a leading character in the 2011 [[SABC]] TV series, ''[[The Dancing Sangoma]]''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3144228/].
 :  Played the part of the Ghost in ''[[Hamlet]]'', produced by the [[Port Elizabeth Shakespearean Festival]] ([[PESF]]), directed by [[Linda-Louise Swain]]. Staged in the [[Noel Morgan Auditorium]] at the [[Little Theatre]] of the [[Port Elizabeth Musical and Dramatic Society]] ([[PEMADS]]).

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 : had lead roles in the [[Port Elizabeth Shakespearian Festival]] production of ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' and [[Jean Genet]]'s play ''[[The Balcony]]'' at the [[Port Elizabeth Opera House]]
-: Acted in ''[[The Dancing Sangoma]]''.
+: Acted in the 2011 TV series, ''[[The Dancing Sangoma]]''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3144228/].
 :  Played the part of the Ghost in ''[[Hamlet]]'', produced by the [[Port Elizabeth Shakespearean Festival]] ([[PESF]]), directed by [[Linda-Louise Swain]]. Staged in the [[Noel Morgan Auditorium]] at the [[Little Theatre]] of the [[Port Elizabeth Musical and Dramatic Society]] ([[PEMADS]]).

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 :  Played the part of the Ghost in ''[[Hamlet]]'', produced by the [[Port Elizabeth Shakespearean Festival]] ([[PESF]]), directed by [[Linda-Louise Swain]]. Staged in the [[Noel Morgan Auditorium]] at the [[Little Theatre]] of the [[Port Elizabeth Musical and Dramatic Society]] ([[PEMADS]]).
-He also wrote ''[[Uncle Rhoo]]'', a [[Xhosa]] play about traditional funerals, emphasizing the dilemma of artists who often die as paupers and only receive recognition after death.
+Among the plays he wote or co-wrote have been:
 He also became involved in teaching drama in 2007 when he met another Walmer resident, [[Sharon Rother]], of [[Rother Swain Studios]]. Their meeting later led to the formation of the [[Isithatha Theatre Development]] association and a number of productions.

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 https://networthpost.org/net-worth/gift-buqa-net-worth/
-''[[The Herald]]'', 26 August 2004[https://www.heraldlive.co.za/news/2014-01-25-theatre-group-breaks-boundaries/]
+''[[The Herald]]'', 26 August 2004.
 "Theatre group breaks boundaries," [[The Herald]], 25 January 2014[https://www.heraldlive.co.za/news/2014-01-25-theatre-group-breaks-boundaries/]

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	He also wrote ''[[Uncle Rhoo]]'', a [[Xhosa]] play about traditional funerals, emphasizing the dilemma of artists who often die as paupers and only receive recognition after death.		He also wrote ''[[Uncle Rhoo]]'', a [[Xhosa]] play about traditional funerals, emphasizing the dilemma of artists who often die as paupers and only receive recognition after death.
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		+	He also became involved in teaching drama in 2007 when he met another Walmer resident, [[Sharon Rother]], of [[Rother Swain Studios]]. Their meeting later led to the formation of the [[Isithatha Theatre Development]] association and a number of productions.

	== Awards, etc ==		== Awards, etc ==

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 Among his many performances have been:
-: Co-wrote and performed in ''[[Heugh Road Blues]]'' with fellow playwright and actor, [[Phambili Ngcayisa]], a play about the life of Black casual day labourers. The play was performed on a Double Bill at [[The Barn]] in Port Elizabeth in August 2004, at the National Theatre Competition at the [[Market Annex]] in Johannesburg (2005), in the [[One Act Play Festival]] at the [[Port Elizabeth Opera House]] in 2007 (directed by [[Sharon Rother]]), starring [[Phambili Ngcayisa]].
+: Co-wrote and performed in ''[[Heugh Road Blues]]'' with fellow playwright and actor, [[Phambili Ngcayisa]], a play about the life of Black casual day labourers. The play was performed on a Double Bill at [[The Barn]] in Port Elizabeth in August 2004, at the National Theatre Competition at the [[Market Annex]] in Johannesburg (2005), in the [[One Act Play Festival]] at the [[Port Elizabeth Opera House]] in 2008 (directed by [[Sharon Rother]]).
-: Co-wrote [[Fore]] with fellow playwright and actor, [[Phambili Ngcayisa]], a play about Black golf caddies who lived in the townships. They entered the play in the National Theatre competition [[Market Theatre]], Johannesburg, and were in the top 10.
+: Co-wrote and performed in ''[[Fore]]'' with [[Phambili Ngcayisa]], a play about Black golf caddies who lived in the townships. They entered the play in the [[National Theatre Competition]] [[Market Theatre]], Johannesburg.
-: Starred in the [[Port Elizabeth Shakespearian Festival]] production of ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''.
+: had lead roles in the [[Port Elizabeth Shakespearian Festival]] production of ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' and [[Jean Genet]]'s play ''[[The Balcony]]'' at the [[Port Elizabeth Opera House]]
 : Acted in ''[[The Dancing Sangoma]]''.
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 :  Played the part of the Ghost in ''[[Hamlet]]'', produced by the [[Port Elizabeth Shakespearean Festival]] ([[PESF]]), directed by [[Linda-Louise Swain]]. Staged in the [[Noel Morgan Auditorium]] at the [[Little Theatre]] of the [[Port Elizabeth Musical and Dramatic Society]] ([[PEMADS]]).
-Wrote ''[[Uncle Rhoo]]'', a play which was performed in [[Xhosa]] and which is about traditional funerals. The play emphasises how artists die as paupers and only receive recognition after death.
+He also wrote ''[[Uncle Rhoo]]'', a [[Xhosa]] play about traditional funerals, emphasizing the dilemma of artists who often die as paupers and only receive recognition after death.
 == Awards, etc ==

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-Shortly before his death, [[Gift Buqa]] directed a group of five adult township actors with [[Phambili Ngcayisa]] at the Isithatha Trust in Gqebera. He also held a youth theatre group for about 12 children - usually held in an abandoned room near the township police station.
+[[Gift Buqa]] began his career in theatre in 1979, initially creating and performing in protest plays around the country during the [[apartheid]] era.
-: Co-wrote [[Heugh Road Blues]] with fellow playwright and actor, [[Phambili Ngcayisa]], about the life of Black casual day labourers. The play was performed on a Double Bill at [[The Barn]] in Port Elizabeth in August 2004.
+Among his many performances have been:
-:  [[Heugh Road Blues]] performed at the [[Market Theatre]], Johannesburg. Two years later they came in second when they entered the play in the National Theatre competition at the Market Annex in Johannesburg.
+: Co-wrote and performed in ''[[Heugh Road Blues]]'' with fellow playwright and actor, [[Phambili Ngcayisa]], a play about the life of Black casual day labourers. The play was performed on a Double Bill at [[The Barn]] in Port Elizabeth in August 2004, at the National Theatre Competition at the [[Market Annex]] in Johannesburg (2005), in the [[One Act Play Festival]] at the [[Port Elizabeth Opera House]] in 2007 (directed by [[Sharon Rother]]), starring [[Phambili Ngcayisa]].
 : Co-wrote [[Fore]] with fellow playwright and actor, [[Phambili Ngcayisa]], a play about Black golf caddies who lived in the townships. They entered the play in the National Theatre competition [[Market Theatre]], Johannesburg, and were in the top 10.
-: Starred in the [[Port Elizabeth Shakespearian Festival]] production of [[Romeo and Juliet]].
+: Starred in the [[Port Elizabeth Shakespearian Festival]] production of ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''.
-, 11 and 12 September 2009: Starred in [[Jean Genet]]'s play [[The Balcony]] at the [[Port Elizabeth Opera House]]
+: Starred in [[Jean Genet]]'s play ''[[The Balcony]]'' at the [[Port Elizabeth Opera House]]
 : Acted in ''[[The Dancing Sangoma]]''.