In celebration of its 30th anniversary Sarafina! will screen in South African cinemas on Wednesday, 15 June. e.tv will have red carpet showings at Nu Metro in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban before ...

Set in 1976, in South Africa, black students are injured during a protest. Led by a fellow classmate, the students present a play about the symbolic Day of Liberation they all dream of—when their ...

Sarafina! is rightfully lauded as a great film here at home and in many parts of the world because of its succinct depiction of the watershed events of June 16 1976. The South African film is a ...

JOHANNESBURG — This year marks the 40th anniversary of the June 16 youth uprisings in 1976, and no work of art has immortalised the date like Sarafina! Mbongeni Ngema’s critically acclaimed musical, ...

The film celebrates its 33rd anniversary in 2025 and on June is a Youth Month we remember its story, depicting the events of the Soweto Riots in June 1976.

Residents, parents, educators and learners came together to mark Youth Day at Hoërskool Jeugland with a vibrant play honouring the lives lost during the 1976 Soweto uprising. The school was filled ...

“Sarafina!” is about two things: music and politics. The play, written and performed by native South Africans at Lincoln Center, New York City, is historically significant. Graphic in its depiction of ...

Troika is looking for a cast for Sarafina!, the South African musical that became a worldwide hit. The show will run as Work in Progress #8 under the direction of Nhlanhla “Lucky” Ngema, who performed ...

Set in 1976, in South Africa, black students are injured during a protest. Led by a fellow classmate, the students present a play about the symbolic Day of Liberation they all dream of—when their ...

On the eve of its 20th anniversary, Mbongeni Ngema's signature hit musical makes its debut in Africa. In mid-December the revival production of Sarafina! travels to Nigeria for a week each in Lagos ...

Sold-out shows, standing ovations, extra performances … the accolades kept coming for Troika Bermuda’s production of Sarafina! Among those who took note from afar were the organisers of the ...