Join My Museums in Cape Town Project
As part of my work as a Media Theory & Practice honours student at the University of Cape Town, I’ll be conducting a research study and potentially also a blog on museums in Cape...
Category: Archive
Before In Mzansi, there was Me in Mzansi. Some of the content has been updated and is available on In Mzansi but some articles are out-of-date. They’ve been published here.
Reading Africa is now a Book Club on Goodreads
This book club is based on the Reading Africa project described on Me in Mzansi. It’s a project to combat xenophobia in South Africa through pan-Africanist literature. Anyone can join (you don’t need to...
The Nagging Questions that Undermine Freedom Day
Every year Freedom Day approaches with the same whirlwind of emotions. My immediate association will probably always be happy faces, the rainbow of our flag and pride at belonging to this country. But this...
How to Donate to the Solidarity Fund Without Breaking the Bank
This time in global history is so difficult and such a uniquely unifying moment that the urge to donate is only natural. My email inbox and social media have been flooded with donation requests....
Freedom Day or Just Another Saturday?
The 27th of April 1994 is so infused with ideologies of Mandela, the Rainbow Nation and the new South Africa that 25 years later, it’s begun to feel a bit underwhelming. After all, Mandela...
New Activities for Active Citizens
South Africans, you’ll want to get involved in active citizenship this month! Not only is Human Rights Day approaching but government has launched a brand new environmental campaign. There are some great and easy...
Ramaphoria Greets Good Green Deeds Campaign
President Cyril Ramaphosa launched the Good Green Deeds campaign on Friday, 8 March in Mdantsane, Eastern Cape, to much acclaim on social media. Ramaphosa called on South Africans to take responsibility for creating a clean...
Impressions from the Great N1: Cape Town to Bloemfontein
The strip of tar snaking along the interior of our country isn’t all that interesting in itself but it does connect us with some very fascinating and incredibly beautiful places in Mzansi. As I...
New Year, New Citizen
To start the new year off, there is a super straightforward and incredibly important action that we should all be undertaking: registering to vote. Although the actual election date hasn’t been announced, we do...
Hello Mzansi
Our environment has a fundamental role in making us who we are. I’m sure I’d be a bit of different person if I hadn’t been raised in South Africa. I often think what a...