{"id":297488,"date":"2026-03-05T17:34:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T15:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/?p=297488"},"modified":"2026-03-06T08:00:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T06:00:52","slug":"huldeblyke-stroom-in-vir-vermaaklikheidskunstenaar-soli-philander-1961-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/huldeblyke-stroom-in-vir-vermaaklikheidskunstenaar-soli-philander-1961-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Huldeblyke stroom in vir vermaaklikheidskunstenaar Soli Philander (1961\u20132026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kapenaars was Woensdagoggend geskok om wakker te word met die hartseer nuus van die afsterwe van die stad se geliefde vermaaklikheidskunstenaar Soli Philander.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die nuus is laat Woensdagaand bevestig deur minister van sport, kuns en kultuur Gayton McKenzie, wat Philander beskryf het as &#8216;n kunstenaar wat &#8220;die seldsame gawe besit het om mense te laat lag deur hulle te herinner aan wie ons is&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Philander se loopbaan in vermaaklikheid het meer as 20 jaar gestrek, met hoogtepunte wat televisie, teater, radio en film ingesluit het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Televisiekykers het hom geken deur programme soos die Afrikaanse musiekvasspeletjie Liriekeraai op kykNET en die Suid-Afrikaanse weergawe van Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? wat hy in 2008 aangebied het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sy rolvervullings het optredes in <em>Arendsvlei<\/em>, <em>Dias Santana<\/em>, <em>Hooten &amp; the Lady<\/em>,<em> Devil&#8217;s Peak<\/em> en <em>The Umbrella Men: Escape from Robben Island<\/em> ingesluit. Hy het ook die praatprogram Airborne op CapeTalk aangebied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-attachment-id=\"297490\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/huldeblyke-stroom-in-vir-vermaaklikheidskunstenaar-soli-philander-1961-2026\/soli4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/soli4.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;JeremeoLC&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS M50m2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1723234281&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Jeremeo Le Cordeur&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;35&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"soli4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/soli4-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/soli4-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Philander se loopbaan het oor meer as 20 jaar gestrek, met hoogtepunte wat televisie, teater, radio en film insluit.\" class=\"wp-image-297490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/soli4-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/soli4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/soli4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/soli4-1320x880.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Philander se loopbaan in vermaaklikheid het oor meer as 20 jaar gestrek, met hoogtepunte wat televisie, teater, radio en film insluit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Marlene le Roux, uitvoerende hoof van <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artscape.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">KunsteKaap<\/a>, wat jare lank met Soli bevriend was en gewerk het, bring hulde aan haar virend:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dit is met groot skok en ongeloof dat ek verneem het van van Soli Philander se afsterwe op die ouderdom van slegs 65. Gebore in Elsiesrivier, Kaapstad, was hulle (nie-bin\u00ear) \u2019n ware seun van die gemeenskap wat hul erfenis en plek van oorsprong gekoester het en diep omgegee het vir ons gemeenskappe wat steeds vasgevang is in die nalatenskap van apartheid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Suid-Afrika het een van sy mees geliefde en veelsydige uitvoerende kunstenaars verloor. Soli Philander is op 4 Maart 2026 oorlede aan komplikasies van kanker, op die ouderdom van 65. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gebore op 19 Januarie 1961, het hulle aanvanklik eers onder hul volle naam &#8220;Silamour Philander&#8221; in die laat 1970&#8217;s en vroe\u00eb 1980&#8217;s opgetree, toe die beter bekende &#8220;Solly Philander&#8221; aangeneem voordat hulle uiteindelik op &#8220;Soli Philander&#8221; besluit het, veral vir hul stand-up-komedie-, radio- en televisiewerk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Teen die ouderdom van 23 het Philander reeds aansienlike ondervinding in teater en kabaret opgedoen. Hul loopbaan het by The Space Theatre in Kaapstad begin, waar hulle onder meer in produksies soos <em>Political Joke<\/em>, <em>The Car Cemetery<\/em>, <em>The Final Sting of the Dying Wasp<\/em> en <em>Telling Tales<\/em> verskyn het. Hulle het ook vir Group 44 gewerk, waar hulle in <em>Elke Ou Storie <\/em>deur Peter Snyders opgetree het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LEES OOK<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cape-town-mourns-entertainer-soli-philander\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cape Town mourns entertainer Soli Philander<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soli Philander word veral gevier as \u2019n kabaretkunstenaar en skepper van oorspronklike solowerke. Hulle het \u2019n geliefde kabaretkarakter genaamd Rosie September gekonseptualiseer, geskryf, geregisseer en uiteindelik vertolk, en Johannesburgse gehore vir ses maande by die No. 58-nagklub be\u00efndruk, met \u2019n bykomende seisoen by die Oxford-hotel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Philander het \u2019n lang en betekenisvolle verbintenis met Kunstekaap gehad. Sy produksie <em>Nice Coat<\/em> was deel van Kunstekaap se Somerseisoen, deur hom beskryf as sy Kaapstad \u2013 \u2019n verhaal oor die plek van sy geboorte, sy jeug en sy hart. Hulle het hul po\u00ebsie formeel ten toon gestel in \u2019n produksie getiteld <em>Therapy at the Artscape<\/em>. Hulle het hulself beskryf as \u2019n inheemse kreatiewe persoon wat sedert die ouderdom van ses of sewe po\u00ebsie skryf. Hulle het die eenpersoon-produksie <em>Cut in Two<\/em> by Artscape geregisseer, met die akteur Justin Hagen wat vier karakters uitbeeld. Dit was \u2019n Kaapstadse verhaal oor \u2019n gesin wat interne en eksterne maatskaplike stryd moet hanteer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soli het as die gender-neutrale \u201chulle\u201d uitgedruk en was \u2019n vurige kampvegter vir die regte en artistieke bekwaamheid van die LGBTQI+-gemeenskap. By Kunstekaap sal hulle veral met liefde onthou word vir die talle uitstaande ADFAB-produksies wat hulle as seremoniemeester aangebied het, in noue samewerking met regisseur Basil Appollis, deur die wonderlike talente van hul mede-LGBTQI+-kunstenaars met deernis en liefde te vier en in die hoofstroom te plaas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-attachment-id=\"297491\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/huldeblyke-stroom-in-vir-vermaaklikheidskunstenaar-soli-philander-1961-2026\/soli-p-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/soli-p-1.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 12&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1691788982&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.02&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"soli-p\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/soli-p-1-1024x768.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/soli-p-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"Suid-Afrika het een van sy mees geliefde en veelsydige uitvoerende kunstenaars verloor. \" class=\"wp-image-297491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/soli-p-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/soli-p-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/soli-p-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/soli-p-1-1320x990.jpeg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Suid-Afrika het een van sy mees geliefde en veelsydige uitvoerende kunstenaars verloor. Soli Philander is op 4 Maart 2026 oorlede aan komplikasies van kanker, op die ouderdom van 65. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In die laaste paar jaar het hulle hulself ten volle in hul gemeenskapswerk gestort, veral by die Springfield Terrace in Distrik Ses waar hulle ook gewoon het. Hulle was \u2019n ware aktivis wat nooit gehuiwer het om gesag uit te daag nie. \u2019n Paar jaar gelede het hulle meedo\u00ebnloos geveg om \u2019n jong kind te bevry wat gevange gehou is in die Marion-gebou in Chapelstraat in Distrik Ses, en die kind se veiligheid verseker deur die gemeenskap en publiek te mobiliseer om teen hierdie gruweldaad op te ruk. Hul humanit\u00eare aktiwiteite in hul gemeenskap staan as \u2019n pragtige gedenkteken vir hul omgee-hart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Van die verhoog af het Soli se deernis deur hul gemeenskapswerk geskyn. In 2023 het hulle die Soli Philander-stigting van stapel gestuur, wat toegewy is aan die voeding van die haweloses in Distrik Ses, Woodstock, Soutrivier en die stadskom. Die stigting het ook LGBTQI+ jeug- en kultuurprogramme ondersteun, wat hul lewenslange oortuiging beliggaam dat kuns en menslikheid onafskeidbaar is. Hul aktivisme het dieselfde vrygewigheid en moed weerspie\u00ebl as wat sy optredes gedefinieer het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soli se afsterwe is \u2019n groot verlies, maar hul nalatenskap bly voortbestaan. Hulle het eras oorbrug, \u2019n stem gegee aan gemeenskappe wat dikwels oor die hoof gesien word, en ons daaraan herinner dat lag en storievertelling dade van oorlewing is. Hul werk by Kunstekaap en verder was nie net opvoering nie \u2013 dit was getuienis, weerstand en viering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hulle word oorleef deur hul kinders Danya, Kyla, Caleb, Ethan, en hul pleegdogter Lauren. Suid-Afrika het \u2019n seldsame talent verloor \u2013 \u2019n mens wat naatloos tussen Shakespeare, kabaret, po\u00ebsie, televisie en gemeenskapsdiens kon beweeg, en altyd \u2019n onmiskenbare Kaapstadse gees na alles wat hulle gedoen het, gebring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rus in krag, Soli Philander. 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