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Thursday 3rd July 2025.
Rhodes Box, Rhodes University,
Cnr. Prince Alfred & Somerset Street,
Makhanda (Grahamstown),
Eastern Cape, South Africa.

NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL 2025!

Day 8 - National Arts Festival 2025.

Bridling - Written by Nadia Davids - Directed by Jay Pather - Performed by Buhle Ngaba and Shaun Oelf - Rhodes Box - Rhodes University.

South Africa's annual multi-disciplinary arts festival, live in Makhanda has been supporting the arts for 51 years since its inception in 1974.

The National Arts Festival runs from 26 June until 6 July 2025.

A series of images taken of various artistic, dance, music and theatre performance pieces and exhibited installations and exhibitions done by a host of artists, dancers, musicians and performers amongst others during the National Arts Festival 2025 held in Makhanda (Grahamstown), Eastern Cape, South Africa. 

This image taken on Thursday 3rd July 2025.

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