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South African actors John Kani (left, as ‘Creon’) and Winston Ntshona (1941-2018, as ‘Antigone’) perform at the final dress rehearsal of the Market Theatre of Johannesburg/Royal National Theatre revival of Athol Fugard’s ‘The Island’ at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Harvey Theater, Brooklyn, New York, New York, March 31, 2003. Kani and Ntshona co-authored the play with Athol Fugard in 1973. (Photo by Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images)

Market Theatre needs funding as audiences, donor support decline

Patrons have not returned to theatres in their numbers after the Covid-19 lockdowns were lifted.

Kimberley Schoeman

Edward Kieswetter, commissioner of the South African Revenue Service. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

ARTS AND CULTURE

Mother-tongue manual aims to ‘demystify tax’ says Kieswetter

The list of 450 terms aims to provide clarity and certainty about SARS’s strategic objective and to encourage compliance

Eunice Masson

Artists protesting for the loosening of Covid-19 restrictions outside the State Theatre.
(Alet Pretorius/Gallo Images)

ADJUSTED LEVEL THREE

The state of the (performing) arts: Theatres try to find their groove

Theatres are opening (and closing) again in fits and starts, driven by a fierce determination to bounce back

Atiyyah Khan