Joe Mafela - Revision history

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Film work

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Television

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Awards

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Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

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Sources

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Biography

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 ''[[Retribution]]'' (2011)
-Mafela co-owned the production company, [[Penguin Films]] where he worked as Creative Producer.
+Mafela worked for [[Penguin Films]] on a large number of productions.
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 === Television ===
-With the advent of television in South Africa in 1976, Mafela worked almost continuously in that medium. In 1986 he was cast as the unemployed lodger S'dumo in the Zulu language comedy series 'Sgudi 'Snaysi. The success of 'Sgudi 'Snaysi – which ran to 78 episodes on SABC – led to roles in other series, often produced by the production company [[Penguin Films]], of which he was a co-owner and creative producer.
+With the advent of television in South Africa in 1976, Mafela worked almost continuously in that medium. In 1986 he was cast as the unemployed lodger S'dumo in the Zulu language comedy series 'Sgudi 'Snaysi. The success of 'Sgudi 'Snaysi – which ran to 78 episodes on SABC – led to roles in other series, often produced by the production company [[Penguin Films]], of which creative producer and a co-owner with [[Roberta Durrant]].
 In 1986 he was cast as the unemployed lodger "S'dumo" in the Zulu language comedy series ''[[Sgudi 'Snaysi]]'' ("Is Good, Is Nice"), which ran for 78 episodes on the [[SABC]].
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 Artes Award 1992 for his role as Sdumo in ''[[S'gudi snaysi]]'' (series 5)(best actor in TV 2,3,4 drama).
-He won a [[Naledi Theatre Awards|Naledi Lifetime Achiever Award]], February 2005.
+In 2004 Mafela was awarded a special [[Duku Duku Award]] for his services to the South African television industry
 == Sources ==

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 ''[[A Game for Vultures]]'' (1979)
-''[[Tigers Don't Cry]]'' (1982)
+''[[Tigers Don't Cry]]'' (filmed 1976, later released as ''[[Target for an Assassin]]'' in 1982)
 ''[[Red Scorpion]]'' (1989)
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 ''[[Retribution]]'' (2011)
 Mafela co-owned the production company, [[Penguin Films]] where he worked as Creative Producer.
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 ===Film work===
-He started acting in movies at the age of 22, playing the role of an editor in the movie, ''[[Real News]]'' (1964). He then had roles in ''[[Zulu]]'' (1964), ''[[Tokoloshe]]'' (1971), and in 1974 co-starred in the first all-black movie made in South Africa, playing "Peter Pleasure" in ''[[Udeliwe]]'' in 1974.
+He started acting in movies at the age of 22, playing the role of an editor in the movie, ''[[Real News]]'' (1964). He then had roles in ''[[Zulu]]'' (1964), ''[[Tokoloshe]]'' (1971), and in 1974 co-starred in the first all-black movie made in South Africa, playing "Peter Pleasure" in ''[[Udeliwe]]'' in 1974. He then went on to join the South African film company [[SA Films]], for whom he worked as producer, director and film actor for 20 years.
 His other film credits include:
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 ''[[A Game for Vultures]]'' (1979)
 ''[[Tigers Don't Cry]]''
 ''[[Red Scorpion]]'' (1989)
 ''[[Retribution]]'' (2011)
-He then went on to join the South African film company [[SA Films]], for whom he worked as producer, director and film actor for 20 years.
+Other TV series include:
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+''[[Stokvel]]'' (20  - he also came up with the concept for this series)
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 ===Film work===
-He started acting in movies at the age of 22, playing the role of an editor in the movie, ''[[Real News]]''. The actor co-starred in the first all-black movie made in South Africa, as Peter Pleasure in ''[[Udeliwe]]'' in 1974. And went on to work with director Peter R. Hunt in the 1976 film, ''[[Shout at the Devil]]''. He also featured in films such as ''[[Escape from Angola]]'' and ''[[Tigers Don't Cry]]''.
 He then went on to join the South African film company [[SA Films]], for whom he worked as producer, director and film actor for 20 years.
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 === Television ===
-In 1986 he was cast as the unemployed lodger "S'dumo" in the Zulu language comedy series ''[[[[Sgudi 'Snaysi]]'', which ran for 78 episodes on the [[SABC]].
+With the advent of television in South Africa in 1976, Mafela worked almost continuously in that medium. In 1986 he was cast as the unemployed lodger S'dumo in the Zulu language comedy series 'Sgudi 'Snaysi. The success of 'Sgudi 'Snaysi – which ran to 78 episodes on SABC – led to roles in other series, often produced by the production company [[Penguin Films]], of which he was a co-owner and creative producer.
-=== Composer, musician and singer ===
+Other notable [[SABC]] TV programmes in which he had leading roles are 'Going Up', 'Kululeka' 'Madam and Eve' and the drama series 'Stokvel', of which he came up with the concept, SABC 1 soapie 'Generations: The Legacy', .
-Mafela conceptualised and starred in early Chicken Licken TV ads, and authored the company's "It's good, good, good, it's good its nice" jingle during the making the commercial in 1986.
+He became nationally known for the early Chicken Licken television commercials, which he had not only conceptualised and starred in, but had written the company's "It's good, good, good, it's good its nice" jingle during the making of a Chicken Licken commercial in 1986. He worked as Creative Director of Black Communications at [[BBDO South Africa]] and, since 1992, as a director of [[Sharrer Advertising]] in Johannesburg.
 In 1996, Gallo Records released the album ''Shebeleza Felas'', with the popular hit ''Shebeleza'' (Okongo Mame). It was a huge success, and Shebeleza was a theme song during the Africa Cup of Nations in 1996.
 He went on to record and released several other Zulu language albums.

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 == Biography ==
-Joe "Sdumo" Mafela was born 1942 in Sibasa, Transvaal, and was brought up in Kliptown and White City Jabavu, in Soweto, near Johannesburg.
+Joe "Sdumo" Mafela was born 1942 in Sibasa, Transvaal, and was brought up in Kliptown and White City Jabavu, in Soweto, near Johannesburg. His family remained in the Tshiawelo Township,  that had been set aside for Venda people under [[apartheid]],  until 1990.
 Mafela died following a car accident on 18 March, 2017.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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 In 1986 he was cast as the unemployed lodger "S'dumo" in the Zulu language comedy series ''[[[[Sgudi 'Snaysi]]'', which ran for 78 episodes on the [[SABC]].
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 http://www.channel24.co.za/The-Juice/News/sabc-saddened-by-passing-of-arts-veteran-joe-mafela-20170319
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