Sarel’s cultural stars shine

English Play
Seasonal and new stars came out to shine at the Sarel Cilliers Cultural evening last Tuesday. The English Play, “Jamlodi (almost) goes to New York,” written and directed by Miss Layland, was a humorous skit greatly enjoyed by an appreciative audience.
Picanini Ngcobo (Sobahle Msane) and his sister (Sibongakonke Nhleko) do not want to plant mealies the whole holiday; the cool kids won’t play with them and things looked bleak until Picanini’s poem wins the family a trip to New York. The Ngcobo family decide that New York lacks African flavour and are astounded to find there are no cows and not a single mealie plant to be seen anywhere.
Thuthuka Dlame delivered an outstanding performance as Mummy Ngcobo, with Siyabonga Mdunge showing off some impressive ‘guns’ to chase off preying gangsters.
Sarel thanked the whole cast – you were all bright stars.

Helde met voete van klei
Dinsdagaand was Sarel Cilliers se jaarlikse Kultuuraand. Die Afrikaanse Departement het weereens ‘n vertoning van puik talent weerspieël.
Hulle was op soek na helde. Helde wat die land kan red van korrupsie, geweld en armoede. Hulle het hoog en laag gesoek: bendelede, predikers, selfs helde van die klassieke soort. Aan die einde van die dag het hulle besef dat dit nie helde is wat ons land kan red nie. Net ek jy en die gewone mens op straat, kan die land red.
Die hoofspelers was Kevin Johnson en Franci-Marie Gregory. Vyf-en-twintig ander akteurs was ook deel van die rolverdeling. Mev. Sanet Pretorius was die regisseusse en het die toneel vertaal en verwerk. Mej. Danelle Ackerman en Mev. Chris Cason het ook gehelp om hierdie enorme toneel binne ‘n maand op die planke te sit.
Veels geluk met ‘n uitstekende vertoning!
Cricket
This past weekend, Sarel Cilliers’ U/15 cricket team played against Ladysmith for a rematch fixture. Batting first, the boys managed to score 188 runs with top scores by Ayush Ramdutt (44 runs) and Willem Husselman (38 runs). Ladysmith could only manage to score 113 runs, ensuring that Sarel Cilliers’ win by 75 runs. Congratulations boys on your wonderful effort!