NEWS & MEDIA
Dr. John Kani in the Spotlight
Stay up to date with articles, interviews, features and milestones related to Dr. John Kani and the JKPAA journey.
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.