Mesmerising Madi Majwana play portrays BCL reality
Monday, February 27, 2017
Madi Majwana perfomers at their launch at Maitisong on Wedbesday. PIC: BOINGOTLO SEITSHIRO
The play, which aims to empower the public on how to manage their finances, is set in Selebi-Phikwe. It is about the agony and distress that different individuals had to go through following the closure of the BCL Mine.
Even though most of the play was unravelling sad experiences that people in the mining town went through, more especially former BCL employees, the talented and energetic actors and actresses made the audience laugh a few times.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...