ISIBELEKO, ES’BELEKWENI - Zabalaza Festival 2026
Directed by: Yolanda Ntanyana
Language: Isixhosa and English
Age restriction: 13+
Venue: Baxter Studio
Performances: Saturday 14 March 12:00
Tuesday 17 March 11:30
Wednesday 18 March 11:30
Thursday 19 March 10:00
Friday 20 March 11:30
Price: R40 - R50
For Block, school and Corporate Bookings contact:
Mark Dobson mark.dobson@uct.ac.za
IIMPIXANO Zomphefumlo (Conflicts of the soul). This piece explores the story of a mother and daughter who died while in conflict with each other.
The grandchild is haunted by the emotional suffering caused by their loss and conflict narrative delves into the grandchild’s grief, depression, and the overwhelming questions that arise from losing loved ones bahambe bengawafezanga amadinga. As the grandchild imagines what it would have been like if her mother and grandmother had been given a chance to reconcile.