Battle Of Lurwayizo
Department of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture
Theatre / City Hall

This production is about a liberation movement which took place in one of the small towns of Mbhashe municipality under the district of Amathole in the Eastern Cape, where some of the uMkhonto weSizwe veterans including Mbulelo Ngono, Maqhekeza, and the Jafta family were regarded as terrorists by the apartheid government. A shoot out by Apartheid police took place in the Village of Lurwayizo and lasted 36 hours. They were looking for Mbulelo Ngono, who they especially regarded as the culprit.

  • Venue: City Hall
  • Location: Grahamstown City Hall
  • Ticket price: ZAR 70.00
  • Programme type: The Fringe
  • Genre: Theatre
  • Duration: 60 minutes
  • Ages: PG (PARENTAL GUIDANCE)
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