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In reflecting on 20 years of South Africa's democracy, a group of artists in Johannesburg have tapped into the major themes in our ambient culture to emerge with a fascinating exhibition of artworks that distil some of the key issues dominating our national discourse at this important juncture in South African history.

SACSIS' Fazila Farouk caught up with curator of the exhibition Farieda Nazier at the Ithuba Art Gallery and discovered that violence, censorship, racism, patriarchy and politics are key themes that stood out for the artists.

The exhibition titled "Tension Torsion" was sponsored by the National Arts Council, Ithuba Art Gallery and University of Johannesburg's Centre for Education Rights and Transformation.

Transcript of Interview

FAZILA FAROUK: Welcome to the South African Civil Society Information Service, I'm Fazila Farouk in Johannesburg coming to you this morning from the Ithuba Art Gallery in downtown Johannesburg where we are to talk to the curator of a wonderful exhibition that's been put together to reflect on South Africa's 20 years of democracy.

We're here today to talk to Farieda Nazier, she's a lecturer at the University of Johannesburg and she's the curator of this exhibition and she's going to tell us first - Farieda - a little bit about herself and how it is that she got to put together this exhibition and what her vision was for this exhibition.

Welcome to SACSIS Farieda.

FARIEDA NAZIER: Thank you Fazila.

I as you've said I'm from the University of Johannesburg and I'm a lecturer there but I also, I'm a practicing artist. I'm originally from Cape Town, from the Cape Flats and I feel quite strongly about socio-political issues and psycho-social issues as they reflect a lot of my own experiences.

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In Swaziland political parties are banned from taking part in elections and political parties that campaigned for democracy in the kingdom have been banned as terrorists. Even so, 70 percent of people strongly disapproved of one-party rule.

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