UMLINGISI weGomora, uSiyasanga Papu, owuPretty emdlalweni okhonjiswa kuMzansi Magic iGomora, uthi akayi ndawo kulo mdlalo. Lokhu kulandela ukuvela kwezindaba zokuthi useyolingisa emdlalweni weshashalazi iMarikana The Musical, okuqiniswa nawukuthi ngokwendawo ayilingisayo, kunezinkulumo zokuthi uyofeza amaphupho akhe e-USA.
"Angiyi ndawo. Engikwenzayo yize kunzima, ukulingisa kule midlalo kanye kanye," kusho le ntokazi edlala indawo kaPretty Molefe kwiGomora.
Ebuzwa ukuthi kungenzeka yini anyamalale kwiGomora, uSiyasanga uthe abantu basazoqhubeka nokumbona ngoba uyenza yomibili le midlalo. Kwenzeka lokhu nje, uSiyasanga ubelingisa komunye umdlalo osihloko sithi XOVA ezinyangeni ezedlule. IMarikana The Musical iqondaniswe nokuphela kweminyaka elishumi kwabulawa abavukuzi basemayini abangu-34 eMarikana, eNorth West ngo-2012.
Ukukhumbula lesi sibhicongo, abadidiyeli balo mdlalo bathe abayise lo mdlalo eState Theatre, ePretoria. USiyasanga ulingisa kulo mdlalo noMeshack Mavuso Magabane, Aubrey Pool, Emma Mmekwa noMpho "McKenzie" Matome. IMarikana The Musical ibophele amalungu awu-40 nabadlali bezinsimbi abangu-13.
Umbhali nomqondisi yinkakha u-Aubrey Sekhabi, naye othekele lo mdlalo encwadini esihloko sithi We Are Going To Kill Each Other Today: The Marikana Story, eyabhalwa ngokuhlanganyela nguThanduxolo Jika, Felix Dlangamandla, Lucas Ledwaba, Sebabatso Mosamo, Athandwa Saba noLeon Sadiki. Le ncwadi ibheka impilo yabasebenzi basemayini nemindeni yabo nezigameko ezaholela esibhicongweni. Ibuyela emuva ezindaweni abadabuka kuzo bese idalula amagama amaqhawe asala enkundleni.