Feza Amaphupho Media recently celebrated the empowerment and creativity of the Greenwood Park informal community with an exciting showcase of motivation and local talent at Thandanani Hall recently.
The organisation was founded by resident Aphiwe Mncwabe to help unearth local talent within the arts at the informal settlement situated in Ward 34. Mncwabe said that her decision to specifically target the youth was to help inspire, shape and provide them with necessary tools to achieve their dreams in an environment that fosters belonging and community.
She said: “We wanted to remind our community where we come from, future young leaders need to know about our history and to also just showcase that our community has a lot of talented people. We also had many amazing guests such as Tamara Subramony from the Sri Sathya Sai Organisation, Mr Mpanza from IFP, Sicelo Mthimkhulu from the Commission for gender equality (CGE) and Health Care Organizations. Artists that performed on that day was Javas Makhafula, Mini-lit-bars, SP, Sonics, Dollar and Amazing Voices.”
Mncwabe added that the event also celebrated the launch of Feza Amaphupho’s passion project, a mini series that was fully produced by the organisation, titled Iphutha Likabani. Mncwabe said: “Iphutha Likabani means whose fault is it. For example, whose fault is it that I smoke drugs? Whose fault is it that I live in an informal settlement? We created a story based on what’s happening within the informal settlement. I created the story along with writer and director Sifiso Gumede and producer Pert RSA.”
Despite the project being a zero budget production, Mncwabe said that viewers will thoroughly enjoy the series as it depicts life in informal settlements in a raw and engaging manner. “We will host an movie night event soon where people can see the whole series. Even though we had challenges of not having enough equipment we gave it our best shot,” she said.
