F SCOTT Fitzgerald would have found his one-liner, "There are no second acts in American lives," eloquently invalid in South African terms. That PJ Powers is back on top of her game is a brilliant statement of South African resilience and the ability to hear people out. Like Sixto Rodriquez, Penelope Jane has been welcomed back.Come September 17 for two weeks at The Fringe at The Joburg Theatre in Johannesburg, not one red-blooded South African male, female or undetermined will have an excuse not to hear PJ Powers in full voice.Her show Firefly, co-written and directed by another great ’80s and ’90s South African entertainment icon, Marilyn van Reenen, will include old favourites such as Jabulani and Feel So Strong, some soul-baring monologues, and pieces from Powers’s new album, Destiny.Fresh (and PJ Powers is ever so!) from the launch of her tell-all autobiography Here I Am — written in sickness and in health with another woman of a "certain age", and who is deeply involved in loc...
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