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Playwright and satirist from South Africa PIETER DIRK-UYS (Peter - Durk - ACE)

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Published November 10, 1995 at 12:00 AM EST

Playwright and satirist from South Africa PIETER DIRK-UYS (Peter - Durk - ACE). He has a television talk show in South Africa. DIRK-UYS' show has unusual twist. Instead of hosting his show as himself, he dresses drag as an Afrikaner dowager named Evita. His guests include such leaders as Nelson Mandela. DIRK-UYS' show is said to be "a way of making the country's leaders seem more human." (REBROADCAST from 6/