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dramaticneed
- Sep 4, 2020
- 1 min
NO WOMXN SHOULD EVER HAVE TO LIVE IN FEAR - Women's Month Mural in Rammulotsi.
We are pleased to share with you our Womxn Mural which was completed last week in Rammulotsi which marked the end of Women's Month here in South Africa. It has become increasingly difficult to ‘celebrate‘ Women’s Month here in South Africa as it has become a reminder of the increasing and ongoing violence inflicted against women and children in this country. South African women, trans and non-binary individuals continue to experience and fight against gender inequality, femi
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dramaticneed
- Aug 31, 2020
- 2 min
We are open! Re Butse! - We look forward to greeting you next week.
Here in South Africa we are now on level 2 of our nationwide lockdown. It has been a long and challenging five months since we first entered lockdown in March due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, as we move into September, spring is in the air and we carry with us a new resilience, ready to adapt to our ‘new normal’. With Covid-19 present, and still very much on the rise, here it has become part of our everyday. Although we are still being extremely cautious and careful, after
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dramaticneed
- Oct 11, 2019
- 1 min
Meet Our Agents of Change! - International Day of the Girl Child
Today on the 11th of October we celebrate International Day of the Girl Child. Meet Malehlohonolo, Itumeleng, Precious, Mampho, Karabo, Moleboheng, Mantwa and Moleboheng who attend our daily afternoon programme at Dramatic Need in Rammulotsi. Here we aim to support these girls to make strong life choices and to talk more openly about their experiences and challenges that they are faced with daily. International day of the girl child, reminds us that these girls are “powerful
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dramaticneed
- Sep 28, 2019
- 2 min
Holiday printmaking workshop with Bevan de Wet and Sara-Aimee Verity
During the third term school break we had visiting artists and printmakers Bevan de Wet and Sara-Aimee Verity come and join us in Rammulotsi for a 2 day printmaking workshop. The spring winds had finally arrived in the Free State keeping us indoors but that did not affect our eager students from attending their first printmaking class! On day 1 we learnt all about Transfer Monotypes - a simple print technique using a plate, water based ink, paper and drawing materials. A plat
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