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A play about shadowy characters that frequent a Hillbrow brothel owned by Mubara, a Nigerian immigrant.

According to Grootboom, the play was devloped in January 2000, and was co-written by Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom and with Mothusi Mokoto and directed by Grootboom

It was developed at the Mmabana Arts Culture and Sports Foundation(formerly known as The North West Arts Council), where it played to full capacity. It was then revived and further developed for the Grahamstown National Arts Festival(Fringe) in June of that very year, where it was notoriously received rousing up such controversy that even Radio 702 called us up and interviewed us about the play’s controversial nature, and this resulted with the bookings of the play going up and we played to fully packed houses.

The text, credited to Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom and Mothusi Mokoto, was published in the volume Southern African plays collection (Pan African Publishers Ltd., 2018)

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Performance history in South Africa

2001: First performed in the North West Province.

2004: Performed in The Arena at the State Theatre, Pretoria, directed by Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom, starring Siyabonga Thwala as the Nigerian brothel owner "Mubara". Also performed at the Windybrow Theatre, Hillbrow

2005: Performed at the Market Theatre, directed by Lara Foot Newton with Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom.