Joanie Galant-hulle

by Adam Small. A play about social issues on the Cape Flats during the Apartheid regime, including the resettlement issue. Tells the story of Joanie and her family, who find themselves in the well-off neighbourhood of Woodstock in the 1960’s. The resettlement act sees them being pushed out to the Cape Flats where moral and social disintegration leads to the death of her husband and baby.

First performed by the Cape Flats Players in 1975-76.

Published by Tafelberg in 1978. Also published by Perskor.

Translated into English as Joanie Galant (Joanie Galant hulle) translated by Freddie Philander.

Sources

Smith 1990;

January, 1997,

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