SA soap star to drill 'Botswood' actors

Zone 14 Speedy (Charles Pasha) and Palesa (Kgomotso Ditshwene)
Zone 14 Speedy (Charles Pasha) and Palesa (Kgomotso Ditshwene)

Well-known South African (SA) television actress, Kgomotso Ditshwene is set to train aspiring Botswana actors at News Cafe this weekend.

According to the founder of Handprint and Botswood Movie, which has produced Beauty and Definitions, Fenny Lekolwane, Ditshwene will be drilling over a hundred new actors in the first workshop they have ever hosted.

“We have held auditions in places like Gaborone, Francistown and Serowe, which were attended by over 400 aspirants. One hundred and twenty-four of those people were chosen to act in five productions. 

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