Playwright Zakes Mofokeng has died at the age of 79‚ the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) said on Thursday. Mofokeng‚ who also worked as an actor‚ musician and poet‚ had been living with Parkinson's disease and suffered from other age-related ailments‚ PAC spokesperson Kenneth Mokgatlhe said. He is believed to have also suffered a stroke last year. "He was checked in at an old-age home in Yeoville‚ Johannesburg‚ at the time of his death on Monday September 17‚" the party said. He had three sons, Mpho‚ Tokelo and Tokollo, and a step-daughter‚ Hope. Sowetan archives note that Mofokeng was known for his play‚ Never Again‚ which was staged at the Teatro Dallas International Festival in the US in 1995. His first play was The Train in 1974, followed by A New Song in 1989. He also wrote a TV documentary‚ Monna Wa Minno‚ about the late Michael Masote‚ who started the first black youth orchestra in SA. The documentary aired on SABC2 in 2012. As an arts practitioner‚ he led the cultur...
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