About Shisanyama!

Welcome to Shisa Nyama, so we've been postponing and postponing but we've finally managed to go online.
Let me save you the suspense and tell you what this Shisa Nyama thing is all about.

Over the past couple of years young black people have caught on to the habit of hanging out at different Shisa Nyama's around the country. Whether it be outside the Rock in Soweto, Mzoli's in Gugulethu or even outside Value Meat in Witbank.
One of the most interesting things (that I've found) about these settings is that they have a tendency of sparking some serious debate. Some socially conscious, some politically inspired, others are complex but practical intellectual dissection of the female/male species. In all the Shisa Nyama's I have been to, I have had the opportunities to meet some seriously intelligent, educated, driven and influential young people who have the same concerns and aspirations that I have.

You see, one of the things that I have come to realize about this thing called life, is that we all have similar aspirations, concerns, and fears. We all hate corruption, we all hate it when the power suddenly goes off when we were finally starting to warm up in front of our heaters, we all fear earning less than we spend, and we all hate Miss. Croissant-and-Blue-Cheese *cough-cough*.

I have always appreciated the value of quality engagement and progressive debate regarding the important issues of life and this precious land of ours. I appreciate it as much as I appreciate oxygen and microwaves. Furthermore I have always appreciated people who value quality thought too, and I try to avoid those that Floyd Shivambu says possess a serious bout of 'Intellectual Laziness'.
It is simple, when people partake in quality debate, it increases the quality of thought and ideas, it is the possession of such ideas that will spark and inspire a series of small acts that will effect change in our society.

This blog has been created to deal with exactly this, to influence the quality of debate in Emalahleni regarding some of our socio-economic and geo-political issues, we want to understand them and deeply engage on them.
Please note that this is not a platform for some self-righteous wannabe intellectuals who sing from the same hymn book as opposition parties, but we do hope to critically analyze issues with little use of bombastic words, you know those words only found in the heart of a thesaurus.

So there you have it, Shisa Nyama is a less expensive, more in-depth, and less alcohol-induced way to Shis'Indaba, and is a wonderful platform to engage on issues, let's call it: expropriation (of ideas) without compensation. (LOL)
-Simon Mtsuki
@SimonMtsukiSays