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 She was the first black woman to direct a play at the [[Market Theatre]]'s [[Laager]], when she directed ''[[Hamba Dompas]]'' in January 1986 with the author ([[Peter Se-Puma]]) and [[John Ledwaba]].
-She moved on to film and TV work as well. In 2000 she joined [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]] to play Dora in a TV series entitled ''Going Down Gorgeous'', and in the same year became Zaza Gabu in the outragious breakfast time programme ''The Toasty Show'', with [[Bill Flynn]]. Zama-Zama presenter.
+'''Film and TV''':
-Documentary film ''[[Country Lovers]]'' with screenplay by [[Nadine Gordimer]], 1982.
+She moved on to film and TV work as well. For example she appeared in the documentary film ''[[Country Lovers]]'' (with screenplay by [[Nadine Gordimer]], 1982; played "Julia" in the [[SABC TV1]] soap opera, ''[[Die Glaskasteel]]'', joined [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]] to play "Dora" in a TV series entitled ''[[Going Down Gorgeous]]'' (2000), became "Zaza Gabu" in the outragous breakfast time programme ''[[The Toasty Show]]'', with [[Bill Flynn]] (2000) and was a presenter for ''[[Zama-Zama]]''.
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	''[[Die Van Aardes van Grootoor]]'' ([[Market Theatre]] 1978-1979), ''[[There's No Sugar Left]]'' (1979 or 1980), ''[[Call Me Woman]]'' ([[Market Theatre]] 1979), ''[[Stepping Out]]'' (Pieter Toerien 1985), ''[[Let the Spear Fit the Wound]]'' (Pot Pourri Festival 1991), ''[[Homeland]]'' (1992), ''[[My Children!, My Africa!]]'' ([[PACOFS]] 1993), as the San woman in Bessie Head's ''[[Maru]]'' (1993), ''[[The Good Woman of Sharkville]]'' ([[NAF]] 1996), ''[[Ways of Dying]]'' 1999, ''[[Symbols of Sex and State]]'' (2000), ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' ([[Maynardville]] 2000).		''[[Die Van Aardes van Grootoor]]'' ([[Market Theatre]] 1978-1979), ''[[There's No Sugar Left]]'' (1979 or 1980), ''[[Call Me Woman]]'' ([[Market Theatre]] 1979), ''[[Stepping Out]]'' (Pieter Toerien 1985), ''[[Let the Spear Fit the Wound]]'' (Pot Pourri Festival 1991), ''[[Homeland]]'' (1992), ''[[My Children!, My Africa!]]'' ([[PACOFS]] 1993), as the San woman in Bessie Head's ''[[Maru]]'' (1993), ''[[The Good Woman of Sharkville]]'' ([[NAF]] 1996), ''[[Ways of Dying]]'' 1999, ''[[Symbols of Sex and State]]'' (2000), ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' ([[Maynardville]] 2000).
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		+	'''As director:'''

	She was the first black woman to direct a play at the [[Market Theatre]]'s [[Laager]], when she directed ''[[Hamba Dompas]]'' in January 1986 with the author ([[Peter Se-Puma]]) and [[John Ledwaba]].		She was the first black woman to direct a play at the [[Market Theatre]]'s [[Laager]], when she directed ''[[Hamba Dompas]]'' in January 1986 with the author ([[Peter Se-Puma]]) and [[John Ledwaba]].

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 She starred in ''[[The Me Nobody Knows|the ME nobody knows]]'', for [[The Company]] at the [[Market Theatre]] in 1977. [[Benjy Francis]] directed and it also starred [[Leslie Mongezi]], [[Leonie Hofmeyr]], [[Barrie Shah]] and [[Jonathan Taylor]].
-In 1979 she was cast in the lead role of the house maid "Poppie" in [[PACOFS]]’s original [[Afrikaans]] stage version of [[Elsa Joubert]]’s influential novel ''[[Die Swerfjare van Poppie Nongena]]'' (lit: “The wandering years of Poppie Nongena”, but formally translated and published as ''[[The Long Journey of Poppie Nongena]]'', 19**) which would establish her as a major star in the broader theatre environment in South Africa. She would go on to play the role in almost all the stage versions of the play, [[Afrikaans]] and English, as well as the film. (See the entry on ''[[Die Swerfjare van Poppie Nongena]]''.)
+In 1979 she was cast in the lead role of the house maid "Poppie" in [[PACOFS]]’s original [[Afrikaans]] stage version of [[Elsa Joubert]]’s influential novel ''[[Die Swerfjare van Poppie Nongena]]'' (lit: “The wandering years of Poppie Nongena”, but formally translated and published as ''[[The Long Journey of Poppie Nongena]]'', 19**) which would establish her as a major star in the broader theatre environment in South Africa. She would go on to play the role in almost all the stage versions of the play - local and abroad, [[Afrikaans]] and English - as well as appearing in the 2019 film, though not in the lead. (See the entry on ''[[Die Swerfjare van Poppie Nongena]]''.)
-She starred in [[PACT]]’s revival of ''[[Die Swerfjare van Poppie Nongena]]'' which was directed by [[Marius Weyers]] in August 1983 at the [[State Theatre]] and then the [[Alexander Theatre]]. In 1984 she starred in [[Marius Weyers]]'s production of the English version at the [[Market Theatre]] for which she won the [[Computicket]] award. PACT Drama production of Poppie, based on Elsa Joubert's 'Die swerfjare van Poppie Nongena', adapted by Sandra Kotzé; and Elsa Joubert, and produced in 1984, directed by Marius Weyers, with Nomsa Nene and [[Peter Se-Puma]] in the cast.
+Once launched, she appeared in numerous productions over the years, including:
-Productions for [[PACT]] included ''[[Strider|Strider: The Story of a Horse]]'' (1987), ''[[The Trojan Women|Women of Troy]]'' (1987), ''[[Aladdin|A Lad 'n a Lamp]]'' (1988), ''[[The Martian Chronicles]]'' (1988), ''[[The Blacks]]'' ([[NAF]] 1989), ''[[Angel in a Dark Room]]'' (1990), ''[[King Lear|Koning Lear]]'' (1990), ''[[Sleeping Beauty]]'' (1990), ''[[Ubu Roi|Koning Ubu]]'' (1991), ''[[Jacques and his Master]]'' (1991), ''[[Death and the King's Horseman]]'' (1992).
+'''For [[PACT]]''':
-She has also appeared in ''[[Die Van Aardes van Grootoor]]'' ([[Market Theatre]] 1978-1979), ''[[There's No Sugar Left]]'' (1979 or 1980), ''[[Call Me Woman]]'' ([[Market Theatre]] 1979), ''[[Stepping Out]]'' (Pieter Toerien 1985), ''[[Let the Spear Fit the Wound]]'' (Pot Pourri Festival 1991), ''[[Homeland]]'' (1992), ''[[My Children!, My Africa!]]'' ([[PACOFS]] 1993), as the San woman in Bessie Head's ''[[Maru]]'' (1993), ''[[The Good Woman of Sharkville]]'' ([[NAF]] 1996), ''[[Ways of Dying]]'' 1999, ''[[Symbols of Sex and State]]'' (2000), ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' ([[Maynardville]] 2000).
+''[[Strider|Strider: The Story of a Horse]]'' (1987), ''[[The Trojan Women|Women of Troy]]'' (1987), ''[[Aladdin|A Lad 'n a Lamp]]'' (1988), ''[[The Martian Chronicles]]'' (1988), ''[[The Blacks]]'' ([[NAF]] 1989), ''[[Angel in a Dark Room]]'' (1990), ''[[King Lear|Koning Lear]]'' (1990), ''[[Sleeping Beauty]]'' (1990), ''[[Ubu Roi|Koning Ubu]]'' (1991), ''[[Jacques and his Master]]'' (1991), ''[[Death and the King's Horseman]]'' (1992).
 She was the first black woman to direct a play at the [[Market Theatre]]'s [[Laager]], when she directed ''[[Hamba Dompas]]'' in January 1986 with the author ([[Peter Se-Puma]]) and [[John Ledwaba]].

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 She starred in ''[[The Me Nobody Knows|the ME nobody knows]]'', for [[The Company]] at the [[Market Theatre]] in 1977. [[Benjy Francis]] directed and it also starred [[Leslie Mongezi]], [[Leonie Hofmeyr]], [[Barrie Shah]] and [[Jonathan Taylor]].
-In 1979 she was cast in the lead role of the house maid "Poppie" in [[PACOFS]]’s original [[Afrikaans]] stage version of [[Elsa Joubert]]’s influential novel ''[[Die Swerfjare van Poppie Nongena]]'' (lit: “The wandering years of Poppie Nongena”, but formally translated and published as ''[[The Long Journey of Poppie Nongena]]'', 19**) and would go on to become a well-known and loved actress, playing the role in almost all the stage versions of the play, [[Afrikaans]] and English, as well as the film. Among them
+In 1979 she was cast in the lead role of the house maid "Poppie" in [[PACOFS]]’s original [[Afrikaans]] stage version of [[Elsa Joubert]]’s influential novel ''[[Die Swerfjare van Poppie Nongena]]'' (lit: “The wandering years of Poppie Nongena”, but formally translated and published as ''[[The Long Journey of Poppie Nongena]]'', 19**) which would establish her as a major star in the broader theatre environment in South Africa. She would go on to play the role in almost all the stage versions of the play, [[Afrikaans]] and English, as well as the film. (See the entry on ''[[Die Swerfjare van Poppie Nongena]]''.)
+.
 She starred in [[Elsa Joubert]]'s ''[[Die Swerfjare van Poppie Nongena]]'', directed by [[Hilary Blecher]] for [[The Company]] at the [[Market Theatre]] in August 1980.

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 She starred in ''[[The Me Nobody Knows|the ME nobody knows]]'', for [[The Company]] at the [[Market Theatre]] in 1977. [[Benjy Francis]] directed and it also starred [[Leslie Mongezi]], [[Leonie Hofmeyr]], [[Barrie Shah]] and [[Jonathan Taylor]].
-In 1979 she was cast in the lead role of the house maid Poppie in [[PACOFS]]’s original [[Afrikaans]] stage version of [[Elsa Joubert]]’s influential novel ''[[Die Swerfjare van Poppie Nongena]]'' (lit: “The wandering years of Poppie Nongena”, but formally translated and published as ''[[The Long Journey of Poppie Nongena]]'', 19**).
+In 1979 she was cast in the lead role of the house maid "Poppie" in [[PACOFS]]’s original [[Afrikaans]] stage version of [[Elsa Joubert]]’s influential novel ''[[Die Swerfjare van Poppie Nongena]]'' (lit: “The wandering years of Poppie Nongena”, but formally translated and published as ''[[The Long Journey of Poppie Nongena]]'', 19**) and would go on to become a well-known and loved actress, playing the role in almost all the stage versions of the play, [[Afrikaans]] and English, as well as the film. Among them
 She starred in [[Elsa Joubert]]'s ''[[Die Swerfjare van Poppie Nongena]]'', directed by [[Hilary Blecher]] for [[The Company]] at the [[Market Theatre]] in August 1980.
 She went on to portray this role in all the subsequent productions (the [[PACT]] production in 19**, the English production at the [[Market Theatre]] in 198* and its New York season, etc.)

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 She won the [[Computicket]] award, 1984.
-Nominated [[Vita Award]] (Free State region) for her role in ''[[My Children! My Africa!]]'' (best leading actress); award year 1993.
+Nominated [[Vita Award]] (Free State region) for her role in ''[[My Children!, My Africa!]]'' (best leading actress); award year 1993.
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 She went on to portray this role in all the subsequent productions (the [[PACT]] production in 19**, the English production at the [[Market Theatre]] in 198* and its New York season, etc.)
 She starred in [[PACT]]’s revival of ''[[Die Swerfjare van Poppie Nongena]]'' which was directed by [[Marius Weyers]] in August 1983 at the [[State Theatre]] and then the [[Alexander Theatre]]. In 1984 she starred in [[Marius Weyers]]'s production of the English version at the [[Market Theatre]] for which she won the [[Computicket]] award. PACT Drama production of Poppie, based on Elsa Joubert's 'Die swerfjare van Poppie Nongena', adapted by Sandra Kotzé; and Elsa Joubert, and produced in 1984, directed by Marius Weyers, with Nomsa Nene and [[Peter Se-Puma]] in the cast.
-Photographs taken during the Market Theatre production of "Poppie Nongema": Identified in the photographs are: Aubrey Radebe, Nomsa Nene, Tembsie Times, Whinney-Isaiah Setimo, Arthur Masekwameng, Peter Se-puma, Temba Nyathi and Carolyn Barkhuizen
+Photographs taken during the Market Theatre production of "Poppie Nongema": Identified in the photographs are: Aubrey Radebe, Nomsa Nene, Tembsie Times, Whinney-Isaiah Setimo, Arthur Masekwameng, Peter Se-puma, Temba Nyathi and Carolyn Barkhuizen.
 Productions for [[PACT]] included ''[[Strider|Strider: The Story of a Horse]]'' (1987), ''[[The Trojan Women|Women of Troy]]'' (1987), ''[[Aladdin|A Lad 'n a Lamp]]'' (1988), ''[[The Martian Chronicles]]'' (1988), ''[[The Blacks]]'' ([[NAF]] 1989), ''[[Angel in a Dark Room]]'' (1990), ''[[King Lear|Koning Lear]]'' (1990), ''[[Sleeping Beauty]]'' (1990), ''[[Ubu Roi|Koning Ubu]]'' (1991), ''[[Jacques and his Master]]'' (1991), ''[[Death and the King's Horseman]]'' (1992).
-She has also appeared in ''[[Die Van Aardes van Grootoor]]'' ([[Market Theatre]] 1978-1979), ''[[There's No Sugar Left]]'' (1979 or 1980), ''[[Call Me Woman]]'' ([[Market Theatre]] 1979), ''[[Stepping Out]]'' (Pieter Toerien 1985), ''[[Let the Spear Fit the Wound]]'' (Pot Pourri Festival 1991), ''[[Homeland]]'' (1992), ''[[My Children! My Africa!]]'' ([[PACOFS]] 1993), ''[[Symbols of Sex and State]]'' (2000), ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' ([[Maynardville]] 2000).
+She has also appeared in ''[[Die Van Aardes van Grootoor]]'' ([[Market Theatre]] 1978-1979), ''[[There's No Sugar Left]]'' (1979 or 1980), ''[[Call Me Woman]]'' ([[Market Theatre]] 1979), ''[[Stepping Out]]'' (Pieter Toerien 1985), ''[[Let the Spear Fit the Wound]]'' (Pot Pourri Festival 1991), ''[[Homeland]]'' (1992), ''[[My Children! My Africa!]]'' ([[PACOFS]] 1993), as the San woman in Bessie Head's ''[[Maru]]'' (1993), ''[[The Good Woman of Sharkville]]'' ([[NAF]] 1996), ''[[Ways of Dying]]'' 1999, ''[[Symbols of Sex and State]]'' (2000), ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' ([[Maynardville]] 2000).
 She was the first black woman to direct a play at the [[Market Theatre]]'s [[Laager]], when she directed ''[[Hamba Dompas]]'' in January 1986 with the author ([[Peter Se-Puma]]) and [[John Ledwaba]].