Mhlanga draws the line.

Veteran playright, activist and artist non other than Mr Cont Mhlanga has steped up to make a union of actors. The man who is a leader in the industry has a drawn a demacation line for both TV , Radio, Stage actors by maping proffessional guidelines and expectations. The defiant Mhlanga says for a long time he waited patiently for a functioning actors union without progress from Harare. He said the union is to both protect the actors and act as a yardstick for proffesionalism as well as conduct.

The man well known for using his theatre as a stage to address people,s living conditions blamed Cde Albert Nkunzi for keeping actors waiting for over 12 years. He likened his wait as the Zambezi water project which people of Bulawayo and Matabeleland have been waiting for for decades. "As I write this statement my neighbourhood has no drop of water for one week now" he said. Mr Mhlanga further accussed Harare for organising unions only when there is overseas donor funding. "There is no more challenge for us who want to build our industry, sector and country." Cont Mhlanga who founded Amakhosi Theatres which is the only one of its kind in Zimbabwe. Amakhosi Theatres is known as Zimbabwe's Hollywood. Needless to mention that Mhlanga is no stranger to controvesy. He recently produced a play that shot directly to the top brass of Zimbabwe,s leadership. "The Good President" was banned only a few weeks after it took the nation by storm.

The award winning and renowned playright and artist did not mince his words when he castrated his Harare counterparts for "lack of visionary planning and dishonest." The battle line has been drawn, he said. Please do not bring that disastrous culture of management to Matableland, we don't need it here.That concept of management has brought the country to its knees in the past seven years he said. He said from now on all actors and must have have their opinion cards. He told the ZBC, ZTV and IHASA that from now on there is a standard to uphold and live up to. Mhlanga is currently doing works with Hollywood bigtimers in the USA. For a longtime Mr Mhlanga has always mourned the lack of connection between the elected officios in and the people in Matabeleland.