Cont Mhlanga

Cont Mdladla Mhlanga (1957/1958 – 1 August 2022)^[1] was a Zimbabwean playwright, actor, and theatre director.^[2] He was also the founder and head of the Amakhosi Theatre Productions company, formed in 1982.^[3][4]

Cont Mhlanga
Born	Cont Mdladla Mhlanga 1957/1958
Died	1 August 2022
Nationality	Zimbabwean
Occupation(s)	playwright, actor, and theatre director
Notable work	The Good President

Mhlanga was a critic of the government of Robert Mugabe, and was arrested often for public expressions of his views. He, alongside Burmese satirist Zarganar and City of Rhyme – a 14-strong hip-hop group from northern Brazil, whose lyrics condemn violence^[5] – were winners of the inaugural Freedom to Create Prize in 2008.^[6][7]

Works

Written

• The Good President
• The End
• Vikela
• Sinjalo
• Children On Fire
• Games and Bombs
• The Members

Directed

• Bamqgibela Ephila
• Omunye Umngcwabo