Mongezi is an entrepreneur vodcaster and blogger from South Africa. He also designed the NetWeb Event.
One South African, Pepe Marais, has been interested in changing the face of education for a while now. If you think that is a tall order for one person, that makes two of us, says Mongezi.
Mongezi meets stroke survivor George Scola, who is celebrating life by walking from Beit Bridge to the Cape.
Sonja Kruse encounters the heartbeat of South Africa as she walks across the country and finds the spirit of ubuntu wherever she goes.
Graham Wood, the Managing Director of Southern Sun Hotels, shares how some of his customers connected with Mzansi.
The pink paper’s southern Africa bureau chief takes us back through the ecstasy and agony of the 2010 World Cup and weighs the meaning of it all for the host country.
International Marketing Council CEO Miller Matola talks to Mongezi about contributing to this blog and other ways of building on the spirit of 2010.
Mongezi vlogs a Japanese perspective on South Africa and the World Cup: happy to be here, not so happy about the loss to Paraguay.
A pair of Dutchmen has Mongezi quietly rooting for the Netherlands to win on Sunday.
Mongezi Mtati muses on keeping the World Cup spirit alive. When the final whistle blows on Sunday, it will be time to play on, South Africa.
Our intrepid cameraman, Mongezi Mtati, meet encounters a fan from Denmark and a Canadian soccer writer.
Mark Fish: “Our team needs our support, now more than ever. So, I am urging you to wear your yellow Bafana Bafana shirts and to wave your flags on Tuesday. We’re a proud nation – let’s show the world our true character!”
Not, we think, a traitor but welcoming the Mexican team in true South African style — with a custom makarapa.
The friendly matches are over boys, writes Mark Fish. It is now time for the real thing, stand up and be counted.
When radio stations said 50 000 people would come out blowing Vuvuzelas for 2 hours, it sounded exaggerated. It seemed impossible that a generally quiet part of town would have people fill its streets.
England looks to isiZulu for a little inspiration to help bring home the World Cup for the first time since 1966, writes Mongezi Mtati.
Mongezi went out to Wendywood High School looking for South Africans to talk to. What he found was a young New Yorker from Seneca Falls who was raving about his almost 12-month stay in South Africa.
Mongezi Mtati explains his absence and we meet the winner of the Football Friday Fashion Funk contest.
What a weekend this has been! Together with millions of fellow countrymen and women, I have experienced what will be recorded as not only a historic event, but also one of the most significant bridge building events in our country’s transformation.
Cobus Potgieter, 23, is the most subscribed to South African on You Tube. This youngster from East London started like everyone else with homemade videos. He is now a great sensation.
Fans welcome the boys at OR Tambo airport, Johannesburg, as they return after their final World Cup warm-ups in Germany.
Mongezi takes a chopper over Rustenburg and Royal Bafokeng Stadium and talks to the pilot in this video installment.
To the team, my team and your team, Bafana Bafana: keep working hard guys and believe in yourself and in each other, no matter what others may think and say. When the whistle blows we – the nation – will be behind you.
Moyo, a chain of restaurants serving African cuisine, sent us a link to their Diski Dance video. With this kind of energy for the dance, you can only imagine what the environment is like as a patron.
The Foil Ball recycling initiative, a partnership between business and the Aluminium Federation of South Africa, will support Le Hae La Tshepo Centre in Windsor.
Traditionally, there used to be a rift between soccer supporters and rugby fans, but this change completely transforms the outlook I had, says Mongezi Mtati.
When wearing the Bafana Bafana jersey on a Friday, you would think nobody notices. Or even sees you with it. But they do, and trust kids to be honest about it being a coveted novelty, writes Mongezi Mtati.
Having travelled to Hong Kong, Senchzen and Guanchou, I’ve found the optimism and the excitement in the East very encouraging and a bit contagious. The rest of the world are as excited as us Africans about the 2010 World Cup
Since November 15 last year, a team of South Africans has been on the road for Adidas’ Unite Mzansi Unite. Their objective: get 500 000 South Africans to sign a giant 60m by 48m Bafana Bafana World Cup jersey.
…but then, in my search of South Africans change agents, I ran into Nic Haralambous and Malizole “Banks” Gwaxula, who both stand for less talk and more positive change in their own right.
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