Municipality to host arts festival to commemorate June 16
The metro will host an arts festival as part of commemorating 46 years since the June 16 uprising.
Kwatsaduza – The City of Ekurhuleni will be hosting the Theatre Double Bills Festival at Dumisani Masilela Theatre in Germiston, on May 27 and 28, and June 3 and 4.
These productions form part of the annual Ekurhuleni Youth Month celebrations calendar as the country will be commemorating the 46th year since the Soweto uprising.
This year’s event will be conducted under the theme of growing youth employment for an inclusive and transformed society.
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City spokesperson Zweli Dlamini explained that developmental workshops, masterclasses and training for the same theatre groups have taken place.
“This was as an aftercare incubation programme for the theatre groups in the region.”
Dlamini added that the youth month programme is supported by the Ekurhuleni Public Employment Programme (EPEP), an initiative of the National Treasury and Presidential Employment Stimulus.
“Currently, more than 115 youth and adults are employed in the arts and creative sectors through the EPEP in the region,” he explained.
All performances take place in the afternoon and the entrance is free.
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