by design@afda | Mar 30, 2026 | Learning Staff, News, School of Live Performance
At AFDA staff are encouraged to continue to be active contributors to the entertainment industry. This is exemplified by Kuba Silkiewicz, Head of the Music Performance Programme at AFDA Cape Town, who is currently performing in the 2026 production of Pretty Woman: The...
by design@afda | Mar 19, 2026 | Learning Staff, News, Uncategorised
At AFDA’s Cape Town campus, storytelling is often taught as both craft and calling. For AFDA lecturer Zain Omarjee, that philosophy has culminated in the release of his debut novel, When The Cherished Is Home, a deeply introspective work shaped over five years as what...
by design@afda | Mar 6, 2026 | Alumni, Learning Staff, News
AFDA, The No 1 School for the Creative Economy, is proud to champion the extraordinary talent emerging from its campuses and alumni community. As we celebrate the 2026 theatre awards season, we are especially thrilled to honour two AFDA creatives for their...
by design@afda | Mar 5, 2026 | Alumni, Learning Staff, News
AFDA proudly celebrates the experimental film Between Worlds, which has been officially selected to screen at the prestigious 2026 Joburg Film Festival. This exciting opportunity comes after the film’s successful debut at the AFDA Experimental Festival 2025, where it...
by design@afda | Nov 20, 2025 | Awards, Learning Staff, News
AFDA is as pleased as punch to announce that David Stein, the AFDA Quality Assurance Officer in the Educational Value Assurance Department has won the 2025 Writers Guild South Africa Muse Award for Best Unproduced Short Film Screenplay for Words Like Weeds. The WGSA...
by design@afda | Oct 29, 2025 | Awards, Learning Staff, News
At just 28 years old, AFDA Johannesburg’s BCom Lecturer Baphile Duba, MBA is already making waves, not only as an academic in the classroom, but as an entrepreneur, mentor, and changemaker shaping the next generation of creative business leaders. Baphile’s company,...
