A new season of Ga Re Dumele on SABC2
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Catch the new season of Ga Re Dumele on SABC2 on Sunday nights at 19:00 from 17 April.
A bickering but deeply committed elderly couple in their late sixties face the bizarre prospect of losing their sixth and last born daughter when she threatens them with
the idea of leaving home and getting married. They reckon that at the age of 28, their daughter is too young and not yet ready to get married, especially when she has never displayed any fondness for cleaning the house or domestic responsibility. Her dating skills are also questionable as she has never introduced any previous boyfriends to her parents, and is yet to introduce her parents to the suitor
who is going to be taking her away… if such a suitor exists?
Ratau, the loud-mouth, fly-toppie, retired builder, and his wife Josephine, a sarcastic former boarding school matron, although not expressly saying so, silently contrive to stop the marriage and hold onto their daughter. They claim that it is not out of self-centredness but rather an attempt to protect their inexperienced and habitually careless daughter, Jane, who can do nothing but read big books, recite big ideas and make little sense to their more traditional mindsets. Ratau and Josephine’s efforts to
cling to their daughter always result in hilarious bungles as the battle is often waged between the two of them.
Compounding Ratau and Josephine's problems is Tsutsuma, their perpetually broke boarder who rents out their garage to live in and run his shoe repairs business from. Pastor Moruti Tlhong and his wife Esther are the town's moral watchdogs, but if it weren't for the Pastor's obsession with fashion trends and the barren Esther's obsession with Jane, you'd never know this. Cyril, an overly effeminate church choir conductor who has a not-so-secret crush on Jane, rounds off our cast.
Renowned TV and theatre star, Boikie Pholo, better known for his role as “Lesilo” in the bygone TV series of the same name, stars as Ratau, the grumpy but loveable head of the house. Right next to him is comedy legend, Meme Ditshego, fresh from “The Coconuts” and countless other local productions. Theatre veteran, Peter Mashigo breathes life into the oddball Pastor Tlhong while Mary Makhato plays his doting wife Esther. Comedic genius Obed Balyoi brings his own special brand of physical humor to the role of the broke tenant Tsutsuma while new comers Keitu
Kasonkola and Gideon Lovinga show off their skills as the bookworm daughter and doting choir mater respectively.
Ga Re Dumele is head written by well-known playwright and director Martin Koboekae, directed by the award winning Josh Rous and executive produced by Luke Rous.
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