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S Africa lifts curtains for new Soweto stage
First publicly funded theatre since the end of apartheid era is set to open in historic township.
Last Modified: 24 May 2012 12:21

The curtain is about to rise on South Africa's first publicly funded theatre since the end of apartheid in 1994.

It has been built in the township of Soweto, where many residents played an important part in bringing an end to racial segregation.

Al Jazeera Tania Page reports from Johannesburg, South Africa.
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