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- Dispatch
Lead roles for two young actors
Two East London actors have struck gold and landed lead roles in an upcoming Mzansi Magic drama series Grassroots.
- Sowetan
Grassroots tackles themes of manhood
Grassroots is a fresh never-seen-before coming-of-age story about two boys from the Eastern Cape.
- IOL
An important coming of age story
It’s a story about two families, the Nalas and the Debezas and their battle for chieftaincy in their Eastern Cape Village.
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