The Market Theatre Foundation hosted a series of Partnership and Cultural Experience Evenings with the Foundation for Human Rights on 9 April 2026, as well as the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation and the Nelson Mandela Foundation on the 16th and 17th of April, respectively.
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The Market Theatre Foundation (MTF) has appointed accomplished Library, Archives and Information Management specialist, Nkadi Solly Mampana, as its new Archives & Collections Manager.
Mampana holds a BA (Hons) in Information Science and a BCom in Business Management and Economics from the University of South Africa, supported by proven capabilities in cataloguing, digitisation, metadata management, reporting, governance and compliance in the public sector.
Among others, Mampana’s new position will see him play a key role in leading and managing the implementation of The Market Theatre Foundation’s bold Archival Strategy, including the consolidation of archives, access for research, publications, exhibition, heritage projects and public storytelling.
Again, he will ensure the long-term protection and care of the collection across the Foundation’s four creative hubs—The Market Theatre, The Market Photo Workshop, The Windybrow Arts Centre and The Market Theatre Laboratory.
“Securing and refreshing our institutional memory is not only in our organisational interest, but in the public interest as well,” comments Chief Operations Officer, Lekgetho Makola. “Our work as a Foundation touches on the soul of the nation, documenting history as it unfolds through the ordinary details of life. We’re therefore excited to welcome Nkadi Mampana and wish him a fulfilling journey with us.”
Mampana joins South Africa’s leading cultural institution from the City of Matlosana, where he served as Manager: Library, Museum and Heritage. Before then, he worked at the City of Tshwane as Librarian: Information Services, Senior Librarian: Information and Records Services as well as Assistant Director: Library, Archives and Information, respectively.
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The Market Theatre Foundation is an agency of the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture.
For media enquiries, please contact Bongiwe Potelwa (Publicist at The Market Theatre Foundation) at bongiwep@markettheatre.co.za or (011) 832 1641.
The Market Theatre Foundation returns to the National Arts Festival in Makhanda with two compelling productions – The Cry of Winnie Mandela and Children of the Buffalo Thorn Tree – that interrogate memory, power dynamics, how history is remembered and which voices are heard. Presented as the country marks the 50th anniversary of the Soweto Uprising, both works grapple with the ongoing work of transformation, the power of representation and the place black women and young people have in history.
Twenty eight years ago, a young woman started a journey at The Market Theatre Foundation with only faith, passion and a determination to disrupt how women were viewed in technical spaces.
As The Market Theatre Foundation pursues a bold archival strategy to secure its legacy, it continues to treat its most important resource – employees – as custodians of its decades-long institutional memory.
The Market Theatre Foundation has appointed Precious Lieketseng Eze as its new Partnerships Development and Engagement Manager, effective from 1 April 2026.
“We’re excited to have Precious as part of our dedicated team. As the cultural sector faces funding challenges, she will lead our efforts in ensuring sustainability, preserving our heritage and optimising our brand legacy through building and maintaining relationships, while attracting investment into our key programmes across all four artistic hubs of The Market Theatre Foundation,” said Chief Operations Officer, Lekgetho Makola.
In her new role as The Market Theatre Foundation’s Partnerships Development and Engagement Manager, Precious will act as the driving force behind revenue diversification, leveraging the leading cultural institution’s brand legacy and social impact to build sustainable, high-value partnerships.
Precious, who joins MTF from the SABC where she was the public broadcaster’s National Sales Manager, brings with her over fifteen years of experience across high-value brands.
At the SABC, her record includes accounting for big annual revenue targets, increasing new business, building and managing high-value portfolios with major brands as well as successfully negotiating mutually beneficial contracts.
Her other previous roles include Account Executive at Times Media Group and Senior Account Manager at Kagiso Media, among others.
She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration specialising in Marketing and a Bachelor of Business Studies.
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The Market Theatre Foundation is an agency of the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture.
For media enquiries, please contact Bongiwe Potelwa (Publicist at The Market Theatre Foundation) at bongiwep@markettheatre.co.za or (011) 832 1641.
The Market Theatre Foundation returns to the National Arts Festival in Makhanda with two compelling productions – The Cry of Winnie Mandela and Children of the Buffalo Thorn Tree – that interrogate memory, power dynamics, how history is remembered and which voices are heard. Presented as the country marks the 50th anniversary of the Soweto Uprising, both works grapple with the ongoing work of transformation, the power of representation and the place black women and young people have in history.
Twenty eight years ago, a young woman started a journey at The Market Theatre Foundation with only faith, passion and a determination to disrupt how women were viewed in technical spaces.
