Memorial service for Patrick Shai to be held at the Market Theatre in Jhb on Thursday

A memorial service for veteran actor Patrick Shai will be held at midday tomorrow at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg. Shai died on Saturday morning at his Soweto home, aged 66. His career began in some of the SABC’s best dramas such as Yizo Yizo, Soul City, Bophelo ke Semphekgo and Generations.

He was also a gender-based activist and one of the founding members of Free Film Makers of South Africa. Shai’s son, Lekgetho, says the memorial service will be open to the public and will be conducted in line with COVID-19 protocols.

“We are doing the memorial service at the Market Theatre from 12 o’clock to 3 o’clock and we are expecting a lot of people but due toCOVID, we can only take 221 people inside the theatre but everyone is allowed to come and you can expect the likes of people from the 7de Laan cast and Uzalo cast and a lot of people are coming and a lot of people will be there,” Lekgetho elaborates.

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