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 As a playwright she has been both influential and prolific. Plays include **, ''[[Wat Meisies wil Eet]]''(???) *''[[Vuilspel]]'', ''[[Skeer op Richmond]]'',  ''[[Spanner]]'' (2002), ** 1975 (200*), **, ''[[Tip]]'', ([[Woordfees]], 2003), , **, ''[[Balle]]'' (2004),   ''[[Die Goue Seun]]'',  ''[[1975]]'', ''[[Smelt]]'', ''[[Verkeer]]''.
-Productions include  [[Tom Lanoye]]'s ''[[ Mamma Medea]]'', Astor Piazzolla's tango-operetta ''[[Maria de Buenos Aires]]'', ''[[Romeo en Julia]]'', ''[[Altyd Jonker]]'', ''[[Verkeer]]'', ''[[Smag]]'',  ''[[Skrapnel]]'' and a magnificent  Afrikaans version of ''[[Long Day's Journey into Night]]'' (called ''[[Lang Dagreis na die Nag]]''). She also translated the Russian brohers, Presnyakov's crime/comedy into Afrikaans as [[Om Soos 'n Lyk te Lê]] in 2008 for the [[KKNK}}. [[Leon Kruger]] acted in this play.
+Productions include  [[Tom Lanoye]]'s ''[[ Mamma Medea]]'', Astor Piazzolla's tango-operetta ''[[Maria de Buenos Aires]]'', ''[[Romeo en Julia]]'', ''[[Altyd Jonker]]'', ''[[Verkeer]]'', ''[[Smag]]'',  ''[[Skrapnel]]'' and a magnificent  Afrikaans version of ''[[Long Day's Journey into Night]]'' (called ''[[Lang Dagreis na die Nag]]''). She also translated the Russian brohers, Presnyakov's crime/comedy, ''[[Playing the Victim]]'' into Afrikaans as ''[[Om Soos 'n Lyk te Lê]]'' in 2008 for the [[KKNK}}. [[Leon Kruger]] acted in this play.
 She has written for the journals ''[[Insig]]'' and [[LitNet]], been organiser of theatre for festivals such as the [[KKNK]] and the [[Woordfees]]. In 2015 she became caretaker Director of the Stellenbosch [[Woordfees]] on the retirement of [[Dorothea van Zyl]].  Also involved with community theatre work on the farms around Stellenbosch over the years.

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 http://www.dieburger.com/Rubrieke/MurrayLaVita/Oop-Kaarte-Saartjie-het-weer-woorde-20120309
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 As a playwright she has been both influential and prolific. Plays include **, ''[[Wat Meisies wil Eet]]''(???) *''[[Vuilspel]]'', ''[[Skeer op Richmond]]'',  ''[[Spanner]]'' (2002), ** 1975 (200*), **, ''[[Tip]]'', ([[Woordfees]], 2003), , **, ''[[Balle]]'' (2004),   ''[[Die Goue Seun]]'',  ''[[1975]]'', ''[[Smelt]]'', ''[[Verkeer]]''.
-Productions include  [[Tom Lanoye]]'s ''[[ Mamma Medea]]'', Astor Piazzolla's tango-operetta ''[[Maria de Buenos Aires]]'', ''[[Romeo en Julia]]'', ''[[Altyd Jonker]]'', ''[[Verkeer]]'', ''[[Smag]]'',  ''[[Skrapnel]]'' and a magnificent  Afrikaans version of ''[[Long Day's Journey into Night]]'' (called ''[[Lang Dagreis na die Nag]]'').
+Productions include  [[Tom Lanoye]]'s ''[[ Mamma Medea]]'', Astor Piazzolla's tango-operetta ''[[Maria de Buenos Aires]]'', ''[[Romeo en Julia]]'', ''[[Altyd Jonker]]'', ''[[Verkeer]]'', ''[[Smag]]'',  ''[[Skrapnel]]'' and a magnificent  Afrikaans version of ''[[Long Day's Journey into Night]]'' (called ''[[Lang Dagreis na die Nag]]''). She also translated the Russian brohers, Presnyakov's crime/comedy into Afrikaans as [[Om Soos 'n Lyk te Lê]] in 2008 for the [[KKNK}}. [[Leon Kruger]] acted in this play.
 She has written for the journals ''[[Insig]]'' and [[LitNet]], been organiser of theatre for festivals such as the [[KKNK]] and the [[Woordfees]]. In 2015 she became caretaker Director of the Stellenbosch [[Woordfees]] on the retirement of [[Dorothea van Zyl]].  Also involved with community theatre work on the farms around Stellenbosch over the years.

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 Born  Susara Susanna Botha in  Bloemfontein, the daughter of Louisa and Louis Botha, attending and matriculating from the [[Hoër Meisieskool Oranje]][http://www.oranjemeisies.co.za/] ("Oranje Girl's High School"). She then studied at the [[Stellenbosch University]].
-She owned and ran a coffee shop opposite the [[Stellenbosch University]] Drama Department, when she began to dabble in theatre.
+She owned and ran a coffee shop opposite the [[Stellenbosch University]] Drama Department, when she began to dabble in theatre and as a journalist she has written for the journals ''[[Die Burger]]'', ''[[Insig]]'', ''[[LitNet]]'' and similar journals over the years.
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		+	In 2001 she turned to theatre on a full-time basis. In 2002 [[Barrie Hough]] rated [[Saartjie Botha\|Botha]] as the most important voice in [[Afrikaans]] theatre since [[Deon Opperman]] and [[Reza de Wet]].
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		+	In 2002 she, [[Marthinus Basson]] and [[Jaco Bouwer]] founded the company [[Vleis, Rys en Aartappels]] to produce independent [[Afrikaans]] work. Their first production was Botha’s own ''[[Spanner]]'' (2002) and ''[[Aars!]]'' by [[Peter Verhelst]], followed by more than 60 productions and theatre projects.
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	As a playwright she has been both influential and prolific. Plays include *, ''[[Wat Meisies wil Eet]]''(???) ''[[Vuilspel]]'', ''[[Skeer op Richmond]]'', ''[[Spanner]]'' (2002), ** 1975 (200), , ''[[Tip]]'', ([[Woordfees]], 2003), , *, ''[[Balle]]'' (2004), ''[[Die Goue Seun]]'', ''[[1975]]'', ''[[Smelt]]'', ''[[Verkeer]]''.		As a playwright she has been both influential and prolific. Plays include *, ''[[Wat Meisies wil Eet]]''(???) ''[[Vuilspel]]'', ''[[Skeer op Richmond]]'', ''[[Spanner]]'' (2002), ** 1975 (200), , ''[[Tip]]'', ([[Woordfees]], 2003), , *, ''[[Balle]]'' (2004), ''[[Die Goue Seun]]'', ''[[1975]]'', ''[[Smelt]]'', ''[[Verkeer]]''.

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 == Biography ==
 Born  Susara Susanna Botha in  Bloemfontein, the daughter of Louisa and Louis Botha, attending and matriculating from the [[Hoër Meisieskool Oranje]][http://www.oranjemeisies.co.za/] ("Oranje Girl's High School"). She then studied at the [[Stellenbosch University]].
-=== Career ===
+She owned and ran a coffee shop opposite the [[Stellenbosch University]] Drama Department, when she began to dabble in theatre.
-She owned and ran a coffee shop opposite the [[Stellenbosch University]] Drama Department, when she began to dabble in theatre. In 2001 she turned to theatre on a full-time basis. In 2002 [[Barrie Hough]] rated [[Saartjie Botha|Botha]] as the most important voice in [[Afrikaans]] theatre since [[Deon Opperman]] and [[Reza de Wet]].
+In 2001 she turned to theatre on a full-time basis. In 2002 [[Barrie Hough]] rated [[Saartjie Botha|Botha]] as the most important voice in [[Afrikaans]] theatre since [[Deon Opperman]] and [[Reza de Wet]].
 In 2002 she, [[Marthinus Basson]] and [[Jaco Bouwer]] founded the company [[Vleis, Rys en Aartappels]] to produce independent [[Afrikaans]] work. Their first production was Botha’s own ''[[Spanner]]'' (2002) and ''[[Aars!]]'' by [[Peter Verhelst]], followed by more than 60 productions and theatre projects.

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 === Youth ===
-Born  Susara Susanna Botha in  Bloemfontein, the daughter of Louisa and Louis Botha, went to school at [[Oranje Meisies Hoërskool]].
+Born  Susara Susanna Botha in  Bloemfontein, the daughter of Louisa and Louis Botha, attending and matriculating from the [[Hoër Meisieskool Oranje]][http://www.oranjemeisies.co.za/] ("Oranje Girl's High School").
 === Training ===