Samanthole Arts Foundation

African Classical Poetry and Contemporary Dance came to interact with each other at the Polokwane Auditorium at Library Gardens, presented by Botho Arts Festival 2023 in partnership with the City of Polokwane. This two week-long basket of theatre performances is curated by its artistic director Mashupe Phala. Friday the 24th February 2023 evening was not only a night of theatre but of visual art exhibition too. The precinct of the city is doing its best to present a dose of art festivities at no entry fee to the general public. Both the evening events are funded by the National Arts Council of South Africa through the Presidential Employment Stimulus Programme from the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture.  The evening started with a group exhibition at the Polokwane Art Museum titled Anti Bullying Exhibition coordinated by Frans Phooko and Jonas Mailula, whose artworks are part of the show. The exhibition was opened by the city of Polokwane’s arts and cultural desk exper

Moses D. Rasekele presents Khebhebhe Arts Project  We are excited to announce the upcoming Khebhebhe Drama Festival! The festival takes place in the land of The Rain Queen Modjadji, Bolobedu, Kgapane on the 4th of March 2023.  A shot from Training session at Kgapane Youth Centre January 2023. The Khebhebhe Drama Festival is the continuation, culmination and final component of the much anticipated Khebhebhe Arts Project, a project which consisted of three phases: (1) Auditions and Training, (2) Rehearsal and Creation and (3) the Khebhebhe Drama Festival.  We auditioned 412 aspiring youth artists and 25 were selected. We then put them through an intensive and rigorous multilayered training programme in dramatic arts by the industry expert leaders. They have since been divided into five groups and are creating theatre productions drawing from and inspired by the knowledge and various skills attained from the training that they received.  We are now waiting with gre