LESOTHO THEATRE ARTIST NOMINATED TO ORGANISE REGIONAL PLAY

The President of the Lesotho National Theatre Committee, Mr. Moroka Ramaphike has been nominated by the Southern African Theatre Institute (SATI) to be part of a team of regional theatre artists who will go around the region nominating actors and actresses who will perform a regional theatre play on Human Rights and Democracy.

In an interview with Lesotho News Agency (LENA), Mr. Ramaphike indicated that his nomination came immediately after he and his counterparts from Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe completed writing the play which they had started on September 15 and completed on October 6, 2002, in Zimbabwe. He explained that the play is based on various topics that constitute human rights and democracy such as peace, stability, elections, culture, traditional governance, human rights and freedoms.

He indicated that the play, sponsored by SATI, is intended to promote protection of human rights and to promote democracy in the Southern region of Africa and to develop a common understanding of the true meaning of the two concepts in the region  through theatre. The nomination of the actors and actresses will start in December and one actor or actress will be selected from each of the 14 countries in the Southern region. After the nomination, the actors and actresses will be put
together in one country to rehearse the play for eight weeks.

Mr. Ramaphike added that after the rehearsal, the performance of the play
will circulate in all the countries in the region to spread messages about
human rights and democracy.

09 October,2002