NEWS & MEDIA
Stay up to date with articles, interviews, features and milestones related to Dr. John Kani and the JKPAA journey.
The U.S. Mission South Africa, in collaboration with SAUSAC, American Spaces, and the John Kani Performing Arts Academy, will host the 10-month Alumni Speaker Programme Series from March to November 2026, featuring distinguished alumni of U.S. Government exchange programmes.
For April, join Mandela Washington Fellowship alumna, Godisamang Khunou, as she shares insights on:
– Opportunities within the creative economy and film industry
– Creative industry development
– Market access for filmmakers
Godisamang Khunou is a filmmaker and producer with a strong track record in the industry. She began her career with the MultiChoice Group and has since produced a documentary feature that has received multiple accolades, including Best Documentary Feature at the American Black Film Festival.
Her latest documentary, Daughters of the Tallest Tree (2026), is a multi-country collaboration spanning South Africa, Cyprus, Thailand, Iraq, and the Amazon.
Register here: https://tinyurl.com/2tdcm38k
OCTOBER 2025
All the National Film & TV Awards SA 2025 nominees
The National Film & TV Awards South Africa 2025 nominees have been announced out of the over 1.9 million public submissions received this year. This includes the Lifetime Achievement and Outstanding Contribution to Film and TV Awards. Dr John Kani will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award.
JUNE 2025
Acts of resistance: The Market Theatre’s enduring power 49 years on
Johannesburg is a city where the pavements speak if you listen close enough – stories beneath tar, between bricks and rising in spaces that have defied silence.
FEBRUARY 2025
Two great actors in a great play face off in ‘Kunene and the King’ at STC
The power struggle between the two men is piercingly honest, sometimes brutal, sometimes shot through with humor.
FEBRUARY 2025
Using theater to fight ‘the war of liberation’
South African stage legend John Kani has become known for films such as “Black Panther” and now stars in his play that uses Shakespeare to reckon with the effects of apartheid.