South Africa: History lives through play

"You will be kept informed as often as is necessary." The Orwellian statement borders on satire, but in fact it comes straight out of the archives of the South African Broadcasting Corporation, from the late 1970s or early 1980s. Radio clips like this fill the air as the audience takes its seats for the Johannesburg Market Theatre's current production of Black Dog Inj'emnyama - a play that stems from that anguished period in South Africa's past.