So is ek gebek

So is ek gebek (Lit: "That is how my mouth is", i.e. "that is how I speak") is the generic name for a series of immensely popular satirical prose and verse programmes.

The original text

Utilizing Afrikaans writing in all the dialects and forms available in the new South Africa, the original programme was created by Juanita Swanepoel and Daniel Hugo as a commissioned project for the first Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees to be held at at Oudtshoorn in 199*. Directed by Swanepoel, with students from the Drama Department at the University of Stellenbosch, among them, it was first performed in 199*. The show also toured parts of the Stellenbosch and Cape Town region.

The outline text for the first version is held in the Drama Department archives

The series

Swanepoel went on to compile and direct three more shows, slightly varying the theme and subtitle (e.g. So is my tafel gedek , i.e. "This is how my table is set", in 199*).

Marie Kruger later took over as compiler/director of the programme, followed by Abduragman Adams in 2001-2002 (calling it Skrêmbuild Eggs vir Nasiebrou - lit something like "Scram-build eggs for nation cooking" and Mareli Hattingh in 2002.

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