Word: mtimkhulu
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...cast that includes some of South Africa's leading actors and a script that uses verbatim testimonies from the two years of hearings that began in April 1996, Truth in Translation is innovative, surprisingly funny in places and consistently moving. The raw gospel lament by one witness, Mrs. Mtimkhulu, for her dead son, sung by Thembi Mtshali-Jones at the end of the first act, has extraordinary power, leaving the audience in pale shock as the interval lights come up. But Truth in Translation is more than a remarkable stage production. It is a testament to the human need...
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