| ISBN | 9780981420516 |
| Pages | 202 |
| Dimensions | 244 x 170mm |
| Published | 2013 |
| Publisher | Botsotso Publishing , South Africa |
| Format | Paperback |
Against the Tide
Three plays, a libretto and an essay
edited by Allan Kolski Horwitz
The four plays that
make up this collection Thabo Mbeki and Other Nightmares by Tsepo
wa-Mamatu; Circles by Tau Maserumule; Comrade Babble by Allan Kolski
Horwitz; My Life in the Bush of Ghosts by Lesego Rampolokeng/Liepollo
Rantekoa, Stacy Hardy and Jaco Bouwer; The Life and Times of Brett
Kebble by Patrick Bond, have, as a linking thread, their confrontation
with the ongoing corruption and mismanagement that characterizes the
not-so-new liberated South Africa. Stylistically quite different,
each breaks new ground in presenting these debilitating features and
while tackling political themes head-on, never degenerates into mere
sloganeering or counter-propaganda. Indeed, they take contemporary South
African playwriting to new heights of 'committed theatre'.
About the Editor
ALLAN KOLSKI HORWITZ was born in 1952 in Vryburg, South Africa but grew up in Cape Town. Between 1974 and 1985 he lived in the Middle East, Europe and North America, returning to live in Johannesburg in 1986. Since then he has worked as an organiser and educator in the trade union and social housing movements. He is a writer in various genres as well as being a songwriter and singer. Since leaving full-time employment in the trade unions in 2009, he continues on an ad hoc with his work as an educator and activist. He is a member of the Botsotso Jesters poetry performance group and of the Botsotso Publishing editorial board.