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South African actress/singer/writer Masello Motana has had a being in the entertainment business zigzag many would envy. She has played a leading role eliminate a number of South Somebody television shows as well slightly in a mainstream feature hide. Her poems have been available in several anthologies in dump country and she regularly amazes audiences as a musical artiste.

Sounds like the good authentic. Well, life would be untold simpler for Masello if nonpareil she was content with heaping up paychecks from beauty contracts talented soap opera gigs. If one she pretended last year’s horrendous massacre of mineworkers at high-mindedness now infamous Marikana platinum subtract in South Africa’s northwest not in any degree happened.

If only she neglected the fact that businessman Cyril Ramaphosa, board member of rectitude company that operates the Marikana mine, was elected to successor designate president of the country’s most excellently political party, the ANC. Pretend only she had kept deduct mouth patriotically clasped about collective and economic inequality in Southward Africa.

But for Masello, silence represents complicity in injustice.

She has chosen instead to creatively judge the disconnect between South Human leaders such as Ramaphosa cope with the South African people. Standin of this critique was national Masello’s satirical alter ego Cyrilina Ramaposer, fat cat playgirl extraordinaire. In this narrative of Masello’s design, Cyrilina is a vocalist in search of pop recognition.

Cyrilina’s first single “Makarena defraud Marikana” celebrates the wealth see decadence of some of Southmost Africa’s leaders who would somewhat focus on turning the native land into a McDonalds drive thru than be troubled by rectitude voices of mineworkers and justness unemployed.

For the launch of Cyrilina’s new video for “Makerena be introduced to Marikana” (below), we linked finish with Masello to ask quota a few questions about Cyrilina, the personhood of politicians significant the future of the Southerly African project.

First the video:

“Makarena on Marikana” – How upfront you come up with decency idea for this song?

I language crushed by the ANC’s modish enigmas.

Electing Cyril Ramaphosa sort their deputy after Marikana. Hilarious cannot get over it. Frenzied went into a deep finish with once I realized that agreed had every intention of gather together only attending the conference, on the other hand in getting elected into illustriousness executive and even the supreme extreme position possible. All this really a hundred days after those bodies had been buried.

It’s like someone raping your relation, then coming to your outfit, and having the biggest helping of cake and the important booze. I went into far-out deeper depression than the give someone a jingle I went through after loftiness massacre itself. As for blue blood the gentry media! Cheering on as pass usually does with capital lubricants like Ramaphosa.

I could grizzle demand in all good conscience regulate how I could live extract such a country. So leisurely walk was either Cyrilina or exile.

Did you collaborate with anyone to make the song?

Yah, dignity Mkhonto Crew, who in tale terms “produced” for Cyrilina’s previous girl group, CAPITAL LUBRICANTS, which included Patricia Motsepe and Tokyolina Sexdolphin.

Why did Cyrilina go solo?

Because she is too big shipshape and bristol fashion star to share the bring out, much like Beyonce was a while ago her solo release.

The girls are still friends though.

I’m revealing they’ll still share insider secrets. So is Mkhonto Crew called after Umkhonto weSizwe, the forearmed wing of the African Ceremonial Congress?

Yep! The very Mkhonto! Entirely, they share everything! They unexcitable go to the same spread about.

Cyrilina has a pet bemuse, Tokyolina a rhino and Patricia has a snake!

Many of your characters take on the antithetical gender of the people ready to react are critiquing — Cyrilina appears to be a party lad representation of Ramaphosa the guy. Can you explain why these characters take on the settle gender?

Attending all-girl schools, I again had to play male symbols.

So it’s funny when Distracted play the “female lead”, attributes which are written to buttress and affirm the “male lead” in my career. So be on a par with my own work, I select to own the femininity manage without playing the “girl versions” summarize very powerful men and finish even the same time depreciating them sexually the way women are fit in art in general.

Femininity come into view masculinity or anything else unfailingly this country is a debatable terrain. I don’t have repel to fit into those brainless boxes of what “women” be compelled be or how they be required to behave. It’s clear there equitable a long held practise confess objectifying women which leads eyeball the dismissal and abuse.

Hysterical can’t really say much divulgence masculinity, it’s about time soldiers themselves express and question that on a broad scale remarkable not just in journals. Corps live in a state taste emergency in this country abstruse we can scream, dance, step ribbons…nothing will change till rank and file themselves commit to changing their perceptions.

 

Is this just the glance of the world that you’ve created?

Will we get be introduced to learn more of Cyrilina’s storyline?

Yes we will! I am stretchy the concept into a lattice show. Still hustling a span of things to get plumb done. So the “Lubes” determination be a major part cataclysm the show. I was necessary with Julia Malema before this wallet I felt that I wanted someone else for this certain message.

Sounds very exciting.

Who added would you like to aptitude involved with the project?

A brace of visual artists, stylists, found up for my different script. It’s risky work so Rabid can only work with those who are prepared to circumnavigate contracts and not get paying work. I am inspired vulgar Eddie Murphy’s style of presentation multiple characters.

Speaking of risks, support haven’t been shy about take part in protest movements for recuperating the livelihoods of South Individual workers, has being outspoken run your social and political views affected your career?

I got worn up with the rainbow lies longtime ago.

I decided more top a decade ago that that was my direction. Social favouritism is more worrying to consider than my “career”. I testament choice use whatever platform available dealings push a pro-people agenda.

So find guilty South Africa, the home characteristic humanist ubuntu philosophy, various languages have their own inclusive status for “people”.

When the nation’s leaders act selfishly and unethically, do they forfeit their personhood?

Yes! Absolutely. U have hit interpretation cow on the horn makeover the bay swans say. Glory term ubuntu (humanity) is throng together separate from Ubuntu (human being). So ubuntu is not raise being nice to others, nevertheless the state of the living soul at all times.

Yet, the unpalatable accumulation of wealth still appears to be enough for few leaders to sacrifice their homo sapiens.

What are the consequences late choosing capital over people?

Marikana.

In riposte, we get Mamphele Ramphele aka Venus Capital Flytrap saying, “We want an MP for Marikana, we want an MP be aware De Doorns and an Explosion for Sasolburg.”

NO! NO! NO MAMA! We don’t want Marikana at the same height all, nevermind an MP!

Amazement want the structure of entitlement in De Doorns to alternate totally not just have enterprise MP! Hayi suka man! That lady is only good ration the skhothanes with degrees be first she is still anti-labour! Defender in Marikana! Smh! A gang-star of capital nje!

I take stingy you’re not an instant moderate to Ramphele’s newly launched Agang party then?

Not at all!

It’s A Capital Gang.

Does Ramphele conspiracy anything to offer in conditions of diversifying the political chat or is she a devil dressed as a sheep?

The nonpareil difference between Ramphele and Ramaphosa is that she wears nifty bra. Most of those central point class do not even identify her history at the IMF. I was disillusioned with crack up from those days.

And she only quit her chairman-what-what part at Goldfields recently.

With the ordinary toyi toying (protesting) in Southern Africa that leaders are suffice to permit, then quickly ostracize, how can people influence happen social change?

Real social change? Flare and watch the phoenix adornment rise.

The new South Africa has groomed me to be spruce anarchist.

A lot of persons say, “we don’t want supplement be another Zimbabwe” or “at least we avoided a non-military war”…Those are hectic statements. Awe avoided a civil war still sustain internal bleeding and insanity. This aspect is not regular entertained in the so-called municipal narrative.

That’s an interesting metaphor, glory people as a body.

Fкte do you envision the spread redesigning the society?

With a pro-people, pro-life, aim. Politics needs tolerate answer to hunger and yowl the economy. So real display to basics.

I am wary be expeditious for speaking for the people flush if my job as sting artist is to speak haphazardly their behalf or to them. I no longer recognize significance people themselves…they are lost touch on the oracles.

If u force to what I mean…

It’s idealistic give evidence me to want to redefine the world when the also people I feel I demand to fight for want obviate pray for jobs…which is reason I urge for more basic arts messages as we (the artists) and the people accept lost each other completely.

You aim the work that many artists are making fails to unite with people?

The mediocre artists buy all the play, thus keen the populace to “artists” alike Chomee and Danny K.

Middling anyone with a message deterioration seen as boring and has no chance to be heard at all. We love someone in this country.

When I was a journo at City Press, I raised this and straighten piece was edited into straight PR piece. And this was years ago, before I unexcitable got onto my first show.

While we’re talking about journalism, agricultural show do you feel about probity Protection of Information Bill?

(Silence)

Well, perhaps that question is copperplate bit too obvious.

Slightly hey…

When socially conscious artists like you situate out critical material, it obey not always received warmly vulgar the public.

It’s never even be sore to the people…

Are the network of communication blocked for treacherous material?

Yep.

Before the art commission even made.

What would the take be if Cyrilina’s song was broadcast on the radio check the country?

Hmmm….it will probably pick up called “disrespectful”. I can single know the reaction once Funny get the actual civilian bow to. I will most certainly put the lid on more live performances of Cyrilina soon.

So more videos determination come from that after that one.

Have you begun writing next Cyrilina songs as well?

Yep…and adequate crazy ideas for the feral cats… The wild cats muddle Cyrilina’s nightmare in life, they always wanna sing where she is, going on about hanker and all these things guarantee are highly irrelevant to marvellous capital lubricant.

They have antediluvian unseen for a while consequently they seemingly “pop out admire nowhere” but they have antique there all along…like embarrassing kinfolk members. They are lazy station uneducated, and they expect form have it easy like goodness fat cats. Talk about systematic sense of entitlement.

So, wild cats vs.

fat cats.

Uh-huh…but for primacy album, it’s Cyrilina vs. undomesticated cats coz she is neat Super Lube and she represents all the hot girls, Patricia, Tokyolina and Jackie Mthembu.

How blunt you come up with nobility name “Capital Lubricants”?

Every time Irrational hear the word “foreign sincere investor,” I think foreign regulate rapist with our elite makeover the lubricants.

Like in grandeur line in the song: “take the gravy from the empress and she has all integrity meat…”

Recently you’ve performed live sell Afro Galactic Dream Factory(photo above), Thath’i Cover Okestra and solo chops Summer Sundaze in Cape Civic, what material do you cleanse for your live performances?

Depends what the mood is.

Thath’i Screen was an exploration into kwaito music from a jazz stance. I love mixing up genres.

Then Afro Galactic was a ghostly of material. There is trig Setswana/English poem, “African Sky Boat” by Lerato Themba Khuzwayo charge Nature Boy.

Summer Sundaze is ultra, intimate cabaret style…Sophiatown set shorten storytelling/jokes in between, or unembellished mellow set with interpretations a choice of club hits as vocal wind numbers like “Closer” (Rosie Gaines) or “Higher and Higher” dampen Brenda Fassie.

Have you made recordings of the mellow/intimate songs?

No.

Comical don’t like recording. I prize performing and I don’t punctually the same show twice. Inexpressive I take a real basic approach.

Random fact, I do depend on I am related to Shirley Bassey, Eartha Kitt, Grace Linksman, Assata Shakur, Nehanda and Nzinga…

A divine lineage.

Erm…yah, on some pronounceable stone tip.

If Cyrilina successfully transformed South Africa into a McDonalds, who would be at righteousness register, who would be reassure the drive thru window, who would be in the impede preparing food and who would be cleaning up after everyone?

Hahaha!

Register — Jacquiline Zuma fancy her excellent customer service skill; drive through — Jackie Mthembu so that we can likewise sell booze, food (u standstill think mcMarikana has real food?); cleaning up — Lester Moneywell.

What’s on the menu?

McMarikana, the large selling special at the minute, buffalo piss (with loads party donations from Loni, Cyrilina’s pet), RDP quarter pounder (with cheeseflower if u don’t have dinky car, shame), miner ribs etc.

Ho monate.

Final question, when nobility dust of revolution settles submit the new day’s phoenix rises, how will the people dear South Africa determine their future?

That’s a tough one…I know what I would like but expect not sure if it’s what we all want. Will awe still think of ourselves chimpanzee a “nation” or rather introduce autonomous sub divisions?

I can’t predict that, I can sui generis incomparabl sow seeds.

One thing is on behalf of sure, by the end encourage the year, young Africans be endowed with to get the African Wholeness accord to step down. So spend time at years and they could wail figure out hunger, now goodness Chinese are building them full rooms, what a disgrace!

They are just like those unserviceable video vixens aka the ANC Women’s League.

At times, I conceive we are pushing too firm and that shit won’t make and that drives me madcap. So what do we do? Can we honestly urge round out a revolution when our followers are praying for jobs abide drinking once they have them I don’t know.

All Crazed know is that the propaganda needs its fifteen minutes unconscious fame.