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A Conversation with Clementine Mosimane

For more than 25 years, Clementine Mosimane has been a well-known South African Television actress and is best known for her role in the SABC1 production Soul City, starring in the show from 1994 to 2003. Clementine starred in the M-Net soap opera The Wild as Mama Rose Tladi. She has also guest-starred in a number of Television series including Yizo Yizo, Rhythm City, Onder Draai Die Duiwel Rond and Stash. Recently, Clementine has taken on the recurring role of Aunt Thembi in the soap opera series Zabalaza, and also starred in the eTV telenovela Gold Diggers. Now, Clementine has lent her extraordinary talent to starring as Poppie Nongena in Christiaan Olwagen’s screen adaptation of Elsa Joubert’s novel, The Long Journey of Poppie Nongena. With the film releasing nationwide on January 31st, Clementine has already been awarded the 2019 Silwerskerm award for Best Actress in a Feature Film for her performance in Poppie Nongena. Continue reading →

January 22, 2020January 22, 2020 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Actor, Actress, Advice, Artist, Arts, Cape Town, Conversation, Film, Interview, Now Playing, Performer, Photography, Sarafina, Sarafina Magazine, South Africa, Television, Uncategorized, Woman, Women, WomxnTags: Actor, Actress, Advice, Anna-Mart van der Merwe, Christiaan Olwagen, Clementine Mosimane, Conversation, Elsa Joubert, Film, Gold Diggers, KykNet, Mama Rose Tladi, Movie, Onder Draai Die Duiwel Rond, Photography, Poppie Nongena, Rhythm City, Silwerskerm, Silwerskerm Fees, Soul City, South Africa, Stash, Television, The Wild, TV, Women, Yizo Yizo, Zabalaza 1 Comment

A Conversation with Mariechen Vosloo

Mariechen Vosloo is a costume designer and actor. She received her BA Drama degree from Stellenbosch University in 2011. Mariechen has assisted designer Birrie Le Roux on various productions, some of which are West Side Story, Marat/Sade and The Inconvenience of Wings. Mariechen has also worked in the South African and international advertising and film industry. She was the costume supervisor on Christiaan Olwagen’s film Johnny is nie dood nie, and subsequently designed the costumes for Die Seemeeu and Kanarie, also directed by Olwagen. She was also costume designer for TV series Dwaalster and Die Spreeus. We sat down with her to chat about Die Seemeeu which arrives in select theatres on April 5th 2019. Continue reading →

April 3, 2019April 3, 2019 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Actor, Actress, Advice, Arts, Cape Town, Conversation, Costume Designer, Culture, Designer, Film, Interview, Now Playing, Performer, Photography, Production, Sarafina, Sarafina Magazine, South Africa, Theater, Theatre, Uncategorized, Woman, WomenTags: Actor, Actress, Afrikaans, Cape Town, Chekhov, Christiaan Olwagen, Conversation, Costume, Costume Designer, Die Seemeeu, Die Spreeus, Dwaalster, Film, Interview, Johnny is nie dood nie, Kanarie, Marche Media, Movie, Photography, Sarafina Magazine, South Africa, Stellenbosch, Television, The Seagull, TV Leave a comment

A Conversation with Cintaine Schutte

Cintaine Schutte is an actress and producer. She has performed in more than 30 professional theatre productions and has toured to all the national art’s festivals and major theatre’s in South Africa. In 2015 she received a Kanna Award for her performances in Moeder Moed and Die Seemeeu and in 2016, she was awarded a Fleur Du Cap Theatre Award for her performance as Masha in Die Seemeeu. In 2017, she was awarded the Woordtrofees Award for her performance in Reza de Wet’s Drif. She is well-known for her Television work, including Die Kasteel, PHIL 101 and Fynskrif. She has appeared in numerous local films such as Knysna, Sonskyn Beperk and most recently, the film adaptation of Christiaan Olwagen’s Die Seemeeu which will arrive in theatres in 2019. Cape Town audiences can catch Cintaine in Half Leeg, directed by Tara Notcutt which will run at the Alexander Bar in November. Continue reading →

October 31, 2018 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Actor, Actress, Artist, Arts, Cape Town, Conversation, Film, Fleur du Cap, Interview, Performer, Photography, Producer, Sarafina, Sarafina Magazine, South Africa, The Alexander Bar, Theater, Theatre, Theatremaker, Uncategorized, Woman, Women, WomxnTags: Actor, Actress, Candice van Litsenborgh, Cape Town, Christiaan Olwagen, Cintaine Schutte, Conversation, Die Seemeeu, Film, Half Leeg, Marche Media, Photography, Producer, Silwerskerm, South Africa, Stellenbosch, Television, Theater, Theatre, TV, UCT, Women 1 Comment

A Conversation with Eva du Preez

Eva du Preez is an award-winning TV and Film producer, script supervisor and editor. In 2013, she made her producing debut with the multi-award winning short film Toevlug directed by Christiaan Olwagen. Her other editing credits include Die Seemeeu, Ander Mens, Die Boland Moorde, Die Boekklub, Fynskrif, Toevlug and Die Leeftyd van ‘n Orgidee. Her highly anticipated debut feature film, Kanarie, will arrive in theatres on October 19th following a successful premiere at this year’s Silwerskermfees, which awarded Eva an award for her edit of the film.

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October 10, 2018October 27, 2018 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Advice, Arts, Cape Town, Content Creator, Conversation, Editor, Film, Interview, Now Playing, Photography, Production, Sarafina, Sarafina Magazine, South Africa, Television, Uncategorized, Woman, Women, WomxnTags: Advice, Ander Mens, award-winner, Christiaan Olwagen, Content, Conversation, Die Boekklub, Die Boland Moorde, Die Leeftyd van ‘n Orgidee, Die Seemeeu, Editor, Eva du Preez, Film, Fynskrif, Kanarie, Producer, Script Supervisor, Television, Toevlug, TV, Women 3 Comments

A Conversation with Sandra Prinsloo

Sandra Prinsloo is a true doyenne of the South African performing arts industry. It was estimated that she has performed in over 100 different productions and with no signs of slowing down anytime soon, that number could very easily double. Currently, she is starring in So Ry Miss Daisy which sees her reunited with John Kani, 30 years after working together for the first time in the ‘controversial’ production of Miss Julie.

For the Afrikaans translation of this conversation, please click here. Continue reading →

March 21, 2017September 26, 2017 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Actor, Actress, Advice, Art, Arts, Cape Town, Conversation, Culture, Dancer, Sarafina, Sarafina Magazine, South Africa, The Fugard, Theater, Theatre, Uncategorized, Woman, WomenTags: Actor, Actress, Afrikaans, Art, Arts, Chris de Beer, Christiaan Olwagen, Conversation, Director, Film, John Kani, Marius Weyers, Miss Julie, Performance, Performer, Photography, Saartjie Botha, Sandra Prinsloo, So Ry Miss Daisy, South Africa, The Fugard, Theatre, TV, Women 19 Comments

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