A day starts with a sunrise... the golden happiness of eGongolweni Village illuminates the summer flowing river like the cries of the gods. Nomzamo dances, moves and plays in the dust...up...up the dust fills up until covered. I can’t breathe; I need to move out... help... She cries yet the trees; rocks, birds and rivers do not hear her dances, her singing and her loud laughter anymore. Repeatedly she laments to the people around her... no don’t walk... I can’t, I need to walk, thorny the bushes, risky deep and dark... walking I walk...

In a village in Swaziland, Nomzamo is taken to stay with Gogo at the age of 10 because her parents have finalized divorce papers. She has always loved visiting Gogo during school holidays because here she played with many kids unlike the suburbs where her fun was limited.  Now there is a new tradition of repeated rape. The family decides to silence this tradition because of the shame it would bring to the family. 

The journey of silence prompted by norms, shame and disappointments has prevented women from exercising their voices. The secret are kept within our immediate surrounding and disconnects trust within ourselves. 

“The three actors are some of the strongest, most inspirational women I have ever had the privilege of watching onstage” - Ashleigh Harvey

Gcebile Dlamini is a theatre director, writer and actress born in the mountainous Valleys of Swaziland. As a young girl, she was exposed to ballroom dance and musical instruments and this motivated her to become an actress and pursued ‘her calling’ by completing her Diploma in Drama at the Durban University of Technology from 2008 to 2010. 

She continued her studies and completed her B-Tech at the Tshwane University of Technology. During her studies she was drawn to directing and community work resulting in her interest in community theatre. 

She has collaborated with Forgotten Angle Collaborative Theatre, University of Fort Hare (community engagement), Drama for Life and Soul City. 

She has worked at Hillbrow theatre as facilitator and schools festival coordinator. Some of her awards include Best director, Best Original Script, Adjudicators Award at The EADS Festival in 2012 as well as Best Director and Script at The EADS Festival and SANCTA in 2013. She is recipient of The 2014 Naledi Award for Best Community Theatre. 

She is currently a graduate of the Drama for Life Division at the University of Witwatersrand where she completed her Honours in Applied Drama and Theatre and was awarded the Dr John Kani Theatre for social change.