Aluta continua in The Estate until victory for land restitution
South Africa's battle for land restitution and accountability will be fought on many fronts and one of them is in the arts creative space such as in telenovelas and others.
Khayelihle Gumede of Clive Morris Productions has described South Africa as a country at crossroads and on its knees but admitted there was a ray of light at the end of the dark tunnel.
This will be glaringly and vividly depicted in the third season of one of the most watched telenovelas in the country, The Estate.
The show is about land rights, land disputes and squabbles, failed land restitution and the inherent political dynamics of this much sought-after elusive commodity in democratic South Africa.
Speaking at the launch of the telenovela which airs on S3 of the South African Broadcasting Corporation, Gumede likened his enthusiasm for the third season of the hard-hitting show to that of an energised child in a candy store.
“We’re a country at crossroads which has been brought down to its knees by the deep-rooted land dynamics of the past which seem so hard to surmount and let alone to begin to address its injustices of the past.
“It’s the ordinary citizens of this country, not their politicians – who will make this country – that seems on the brink of an abyss and chaotic disorder. It’s the ordinary citizens that will pressure the most powerful of figures in this country to account for their ill doings,” Gumede said.
“Besides taking to the streets in protest, the voices of the citizens will be heard on different platforms, one of those being hard-hitting episodes in their telenovelas which will hit the nail home, and one of them will be The Estate. So watch and see for yourselves.”
He said the third season of the show would be a watershed moment which could be used to change not just the country but the world at large. “A luta continua in The Estate until victory for land restitution.”
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