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Amanda Bothma Joins Martin Myers on CapeTalk’s The Business of Entertainment

Cape Town, South Africa – Acclaimed producer and entrepreneur Amanda Bothma, founder of Wela Kapela Productions, will be the featured guest on The Business of Entertainment with host Martin Myers on CapeTalk this Thursday, 25 June at 9:00 PM.

Founded in 2018, Wela Kapela Productions has rapidly established itself as one of South Africa’s leading cabaret and musical theatre producers. Under Bothma’s leadership, the company has delivered a string of award-winning productions, including Vincent, Mad About The Boys, Die Siel van Eugène Marais, and The Tramp, earning multiple Naledi Theatre Awards, a BroadwayWorld South Africa Award, a Fiesta Award nomination, and international recognition at the Edinburgh Fringe and London’s West End.

During the conversation, Bothma will share insights into building a successful independent theatre company, producing world-class South African productions, and navigating the challenges and opportunities of today’s creative economy.

The Business of Entertainment airs on CapeTalk every Thursday at 9:00 PM and is rebroadcast on Sundays at 9:00 PM. The programme explores the people, ideas and innovations shaping South Africa’s entertainment and creative industries.

Amanda Radio poster for Thurs night 9pm. Photo: Casey Barclay

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Ponte City: Transformation

As the “white flight” of the 1980s and 90s drained the inner city of capital, Ponte City underwent a dramatic and terrifying transformation. By the late 1990s, the building had become a “vertical slum” and a symbol of urban decay. It was famously “hijacked” by gangs; the retail levels were stripped, and the building became a fortress for drug dealing and human trafficking. The most haunting image from this era was the central core. Originally designed to be a light-filled courtyard, it became a literal trash heap. Residents on the upper floors would throw their refuse into the center of the building rather than taking it down. At its worst point, the trash in the core reached five stories high—a mountain of rotting debris, discarded furniture, and even, legend has it, the remains of those who had fallen or jumped.

During this period, the reputation of Ponte was so toxic that there was a serious proposal in 1998 to turn the entire skyscraper into a vertical prison. The plan was eventually scrapped, but the building remained a “no-go zone” for nearly a decade. The turnaround began in the mid-2000s when developers New Metro Property Group and later Dlala Nje began a massive, painstaking refurbishment. They cleared out the tons of trash from the core, restored the lifts (which had often been out of order, forcing residents to climb 50 flights of stairs), and implemented strict security protocols.