Nomvula.....(an extract from the play Nomvula)

ELVIS      : They say the love of money is the root of all evil, be careful my friend.

RODNEY: They say poverty kills more people in Africa than malaria, be warned my friend.
(All laugh)

ELVIS       : Poverty the root and cause of Africa’s problems. I have but it’s so little to last me  the night. I hear my neighbour approach the front door. We hide our plates and wipe our mouths. ”hello my friend “he says “my family is hungry please borrow me some  bread” .I look down open my mouth and tell a lie. He goes back home I wonder what  he will say to his wife and more of, his children.

RODNEY: Poverty has made us forget ubuntu. A man and a cow both fall into a pit. A priest                  stands by and prays; a sangoma also stands and throws his bones. Eventually  the Good Samaritan comes. He rescues the cow and leaves the man.
 
ELVIS    : The greatest fight should not be between man and his kind. It should be against man  and his poverty mindset. Hopefully one day we will fight as brother to win this war. 

RODNEY: Wipe out the greediness amongst man. Who knows how the world will look like after                  that?


An extract from the play Nomvula written by Hawulethu Patrice Dube.

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