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"The South African play that’s tackling the scourge of the street drug whoonga" ''[[The Conversation]]''
 
"The South African play that’s tackling the scourge of the street drug whoonga" ''[[The Conversation]]''
February 21, 2021[https://theconversation.com/the-south-african-play-thats-tackling-the-scourge-of-the-street-drug-whoonga-155391?
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February 21, 2021[www.https://theconversation.com/the-south-african-play-thats-tackling-the-scourge-of-the-street-drug-whoonga-155391?
  
 
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Revision as of 08:16, 22 February 2021

Ulwembu ("spider web" in isiZulu) is a workshopped play by

The original text

The play tells the story of six people caught in the whoonga web. They include Bongani, a drug dealer; Portia, a police lieutenant on the front line of the fight against the scourge; her son Sipho; his friend Andile; and Emmanuel, a Mozambique-born shopkeeper.

The published script of Ulwembu also contains the production’s research and outcomes and is available from Wits University Press.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

"The South African play that’s tackling the scourge of the street drug whoonga" The Conversation February 21, 2021[www.https://theconversation.com/the-south-african-play-thats-tackling-the-scourge-of-the-street-drug-whoonga-155391?

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