Script Happens - A WGSA Podcast

Bongi Ndaba chats to Sue Nyathi, author of the popular book The Polygamist, and Busisiwe Zwane, headwriter of the Netflix hit adaptation. We learn all about their journeys as writers and all the big moments along the way. Have you seen the show and/or read the book? Let us know in the comments. Hope you enjoy the episode.

Bongi Ndaba and Harriet Meier revisit the origins of the Writers Guild of South Africa, the journey of the Muse Awards, and what lies ahead for South African storytellers. Hope you enjoy the episode.

In this episode of Script Happens: A WGSA Podcast, host Bongi Ndaba talks with writer and WGSA Council Member Sizwe Fortune Zuma about living and working as a TV writer in South Africa, how to start in the industry, the challenges and experiences from which they've both learned lessons and overcome. Hope you enjoy the episode.

In this episode of Script Happens: A WGSA Podcast, host Bongi Ndaba talks Indigenous Language Screenwriting  with Tuelo Gabonewe and Christa Biyela.Tuelo Gabonewe is also a novelist and translator, and has the South African Literary Award (Translator's Award) under his belt. He writes in Setswana and recently had a series on Showmax titled "016FM" and few others on Mzansi Magic. Christa Biyela is an accomplished screenwriter who has contributed to several prominent television productions in South Africa including Uzalo, Mamello, Igazi, Rockville and The Queen. She was a Head Writer for Kusa Kusa, Ukhozi FM’s first soapie for a period of three years. She has worked as a translator for a television series Skeem Saam Seasons 1 & 2.Hope you enjoy the episode!

In the first episode of the Script Happens podcast, Bongi Ndaba, host and vice chair of Writers Guild of South Africa (WGSA), talks to Busisiwe Ntintili, chair of the WGSA, highlighting the benefits of the WGSA, tips to empower members while sharing writing resources and opportunities.