by Assitej | Apr 20, 2023 | ASSITEJ SA, Job Opportunity, News, Uncategorized
We are excited to announce that we have five 12 month internship opportunities available in the areas of: Human Resources, Administration, Marketing & Communications and Monitoring and Evaluation/Research. Funded by one of the big four banks, this opportunity is...
by Assitej | May 1, 2023 | ASSITEJ SA, TYA in South Africa
I was travelling to Manguang when I heard pale (singular for stories) from Lesedi FM. I cannot remember the name of the story, but what piqued my interest were the words uttered by a frustrated and an angry mother “he a ko re jwetse ntho e ntjha yeo re sa e tsebeng...
by Assitej | Apr 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Sustaining Theatre and Dance (STAND) Foundation announces a series of launches of the Community Arts Centre Toolkit Series in partnership with ASSITEJ South Africa. The month of May will be alive with events across the country, where community-based artists,...
by Assitej | Mar 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
I recently braced the night to experience the groove culture. It was surreal. I was in a cab, travelling with a young person when the question came up: Can you dance? I was not sure whether to let loose and dance, because I love dancing and I pick up moves real fast....
by Assitej | Feb 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
I did not write this article – I mean CHUNKS of it. NO PARTS of it. I merely revisited my curiosity about ChatGPT, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) language processing tool that I heard about late last year. And I wondered … At the time, my memory was flooded by a...
by Assitej | Dec 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
Perhaps it is that time of the year. Perhaps it was a meme about a parent who “just got home from work, I found my kids wearing their Christmas clothes”. Perhaps it was the words of Mason Cooley that “clothes make a statement, costumes tell a story”. Aspects that...
by Assitej | Nov 20, 2022 | Advocacy, Arts Education, ASSITEJ SA, News, Status of children
Encore for TYA! 11.10.19: 10:00 A pot of stories and multilingualism brew in the theatre. Magic. Learnings. Unlearnings. Relearnings. Plays! Monate! Molo, ola, Ni hao, 你 好, Bonjour, dumelang, Hallo, Hello. These are some of the languages that were spoken...
by Assitej | Oct 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
Not so long ago, I received training on playback theatre by a phenomenal teacher, Cherae Hailey. At the end of the training workshop, she asked each one of us how we planned to use the insights from playback theatre going forward. I said I would like to use playback...
by Assitej | Oct 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
Ngwana Phakwe senna o ipolela motho o motle ha a bolelwa ke batho ba bang is a Sesotho expression that can loosely be translated to mean that it is better to avoid self-praise, and to give room for others to sing your praises. However, this brings mixed feelings to me...
by Assitej | Sep 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
E se e le makgetlo jwale ke bona dimaka tsa Fa o Fa Fi. It has been a while now, witnessing the wonders of Playback Theatre. Mokgwa wa tshwantshiso o fetolelang ditaba tsa bapheti ka ho panya hwa leihlo sethaleng. A theatre form that transforms the teller’s stories...
