I don't know if anyone cares about this but me but at 12 Pacific on Link

[EFerrari]

The Pieter -Dirk Uys Story will be on. It was made by, basically, a teenager from Australia and it's the story of Pieter's work against apartheid and in AIDS ed in South Africa.

He's tremendous, imho.

Pieter-Dirk Uys
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Pieter-Dirk Uys (pronounced /ˈeɪs/ or "ace") is a South African satirist (born 1945 in Cape Town), active as a performer, author, and social activist. He is the son of a Calvinist Afrikaner father and Berlin-born Jewish mother and had an NG Kerk upbringing<1>. He began his dramatic career as a serious playwright, switching to one-man revues at the height of the Apartheid era.

Uys is particularly well known for his character Evita Bezuidenhout (also known as Tannie Evita), a white Afrikaner socialite and self-proclaimed political activist. The character was inspired by Australian comedian Barry Humphries's character Dame Edna Everage. Evita is the ambassadress of Bapetikosweti - a fictitious Bantustan or black homeland located outside her home in the affluent, formerly whites-only suburbs of Johannesburg. Evita Bezuidenhout is named in honour of the Argentine political figure and former First Lady, Eva (or Evita) Perón.

Under Apartheid, Uys used the medium of humour and stand-up comedy to criticize and expose the absurdity of the South African government's racial policies. Much of his work was not censored, indicating a closet approval of his views by many members of the ruling party, who were not so bold as to openly admit mistakes and criticize the policies themselves. For many years, Uys lampooned the South African regime and its leaders, as well as the sometimes hypocritical attitudes of white liberals. One of his characters, a kugel (social climbing Jewish woman) once said: "There are two things wrong with South Africa: one's apartheid and the other's black people".<2><3> This was later erroneously attributed to Uys himself.

Following South Africa's first non-racial elections in 1994, Uys starred in a TV series, Funigalore, in which Evita interviewed Nelson Mandela and other prominent politicians of the day. In the theater, Uys/Evita's performances include You ANC Nothing Yet. He and his character are known for their tireless work in the frontline of HIV/AIDS activism and education. He is currently involved in teaching AIDS awareness to children and education in the use of condoms, traveling to schools all over South Africa.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter-Dirk_Uys

[The Wielding Truth]

1. Maybe you should repost this to get more attention.

[EFerrari]

2. Maybe I will when there is a more accessible airing time.