Bhekilizwe Bernard Ndlovu

Zimbabwe

Bhekilizwe Bernard Ndlovu completed his Master of Art in Dramatic Art in 2010 and immediately got involved in the formation of the then Drama for life Zimbabwe Social Justice Project now called the Drama for Life Human Rights and Social Justice Project. Bheki graduated with a distinction in his research project. He has written and staged two plays called The Trial of the Senoir Citizen and Woza Zimbo. The plays look at the Zimbabwean social justice and human rights landscapes. Woza Zimbo shows at the Market Theatre lab between the 4th and the 15th of September 2011 as part of the Drama for Life Woza Zimbo Arts Experience.

Bheki also works for Themba Interactive as a Facilitator/Trainer. He views this part of his work as not just a job but a calling as he works with prisoners, youths and workers in exploring behavioural change around the subject of HIV/AIDS. He has done work at Sun City and Leeukop Prisons. He views prisoners as his brothers needing company and comfort from the outside world.

Ndlovu loves writing, directing and training. He is currently writing a movie called ‘Our Fathers who art on earth…’

Bheki is a seasoned Human Resources Practitioner who feels that drama is taking more of his time and he cannot complain as the two fields are hugely related. Training is an integral part of both and he likes it like that.