Yvette Hardie - Director, Assitej South Africa

Selloane Mokuku - Chair, Assitej South Africa

Carole Karamera - Chair, Assitej Rwanda; Director, Ishyo Arts Centre

Jerry Adewole - Assitej Nigeria; Chair - Acyta

YVETTE HARDIE is a theatre director, producer, educator and arts advocate. She is national director of ASSITEJ SA and served as President of ASSITEJ from 2011-2021. She serves as Chairperson of STAND (Sustaining Theatre and Dance) Foundation.
She is valued for her work in Arts Education, having written national curricula and textbooks for Dramatic/Creative Arts, and has taught widely within secondary and tertiary contexts. She produced the award-winning Colonnades Theatre Lab production, Truth in Translation, which toured widely over several years. She writes and speaks extensively on issues relating to arts for young audiences, arts education and arts for reconciliation. She was awarded the Mickey Miner Award from IPAY (International Performing Arts for Youth) for her contribution to theatre for young audiences locally and globally.

Selloane Mokuku AKA Lalu, is an experienced theatre maker, storyteller, academic, writer and performer. She has worked with and for young people internationally, through organisations such as UNICEF, Save the Children UK and ASSITEJ. She currently serves as the Chairperson of ASSITEJ South Africa, and is also Vice-President ASSITEJ EC. Lalu currently facilitates teaching and learning at Rhodes University's Drama department, focusing on theatre for social transformation. Her research interests are in Applied Drama and Theatre and Translanguaging