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A therapeutic hike
Mongezi meets stroke survivor George Scola, who is celebrating life by walking from Beit Bridge to the Cape.
Category: Featured
The best kept secret…
By Fatima Jakoet on Aug 24, 2010 in Contributors, Fatima Jakoet, Featured, Galleries, Observations, People, Perspectives
Fatima Jakoet salutes sunny warm winter days, with snow capped mountains visible from Cape Town, lush green fields of wheat and the blossoming of the bright yellow canolas in the countryside.
“There is love in our country…”
By Mongezi Mtati on Jul 30, 2010 in 2010, Events, Featured, Lives, Mongezi Mtati, People, Perspectives, Places, Ubuntu
Sonja Kruse encounters the heartbeat of South Africa as she walks across the country and finds the spirit of ubuntu wherever she goes.
William Kentridge profiled on CNN
CNN’s Robyn Curnow talks to the Johannesburg artist about his work, which is making waves from the Louvre in Paris to the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
Satisfied Customers
Graham Wood, the Managing Director of Southern Sun Hotels, shares how some of his customers connected with Mzansi.
Richard Lapper of the Financial Times shares his World Cup
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.
Brand SA’s CEO on Flying the Flag and Social Media
By Mongezi Mtati on Jul 26, 2010 in 2010, Contributors, Featured, Mongezi Mtati, People, Perspectives, Team SA
International Marketing Council CEO Miller Matola talks to Mongezi about contributing to this blog and other ways of building on the spirit of 2010.
And the walls of Jericho did not fall
…nor even the walls of Tate Modern. South Africa PLC in London stages a vuvuzela blowing contest on the Millennium Bridge.
In support of Mexico
Not, we think, a traitor but welcoming the Mexican team in true South African style — with a custom makarapa.
Showing Chicago how it’s done
South Africa made its presence, and vibe, felt in Chicago at the kick-off of the World Cup.
Taking to the streets for Bafana
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.
Taking the Vuvuzela to New York
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.
Cobus hits the world with his rhythm sticks
By Mongezi Mtati on May 31, 2010 in Contributors, Creativity, Featured, Lives, Mongezi Mtati, People
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.
Dance Mama Diski in New York
Christine Vaindirlis counts her hometown as Johannesburg, trained for the opera at La Scala in Milan, and has just put out her debut album, Dance Mama, a glorious fusion South African-inspired funk and zydeco in New York.
The Real Tony Stark — Made in SA
He revolutionised Internet commerce with PayPal. His Tesla electric roadsters are the hottest things on four wheels. His company SpaceX is at the cutting edge of commercial space flight. He was made in SA.
Hello Bafana
Fans welcome the boys at OR Tambo airport, Johannesburg, as they return after their final World Cup warm-ups in Germany.
Football Fever in Alexandra
Brand South Africa blogger Mongezi Mtati shoots his first video with the blog’s new video camera, captures the excitement and noise in Alexandra as South Africa counts down to the World Cup and meets some enthusiastic visitors from Scotland.
Bafana great Mark Fish joins Team BSABlog
By Mongezi Mtati on Mar 19, 2010 in 2010, Contributors, Events, Featured, Mongezi Mtati, Observations, People, Team SA
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
A Morning in Soweto with Nomsa
Just before Christmas, I received an e-mail from Nomsa Sindani. She was back in South Africa after spending six years in the UK working as a nurse. She had seen South Africa portrayed in numerous television documentaries and was not happy with the depiction. They “showed mostly the bad side”, she said. Now that [...]
Summer, sun, sapphire blue waters and figs
Fatima Jakoet heads to Hermanus to enjoy a glorious late summer day by the sea and eat some figs.
The “Less Space” Diski Dance lesson
By Mongezi Mtati on Mar 04, 2010 in 2010, Contributors, Creativity, Events, Featured, Mongezi Mtati, People
Who knew you could do the Diski Dance from your desk and get some practice before embarrassing yourself in public. If you have two left feet that is.
100 Days!
Since I arrived three weeks ago, South Africa has welcomed me with open arms– and although I’m an American, there’s a special excitement I feel whenever I see someone waving a South African flag because I then begin to realize that the World Cup is really happening, that it’s almost here, and that I am actually going to be apart of the experience.
Release Your Inner Mad(ison Ave) Man or Woman
Do you have what it takes to create a sizzling ad — print, web banner, video — that captures the essence of South Africa, the energy, humanity, humour, creativity and resilience of our people, the richness of our cultures, our music, our art, the astounding beauty of our landscape and the astonishing bounty of [...]
