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Zayd Minty

Experiencing Apartheid as a 4 Year Old

I am a 55 year old person of so called “indian” descent, born and bred in South Africa. Apartheid was abolished when I was 28, so I had a…

Feb 18, 2022

Experiencing Apartheid as a 4 Year Old

Feb 18, 2022

Zayd Minty

Is the Newtown Cultural Precinct Project Dead?

The Newtown Cultural Precinct (NCP) which I introduced at length previously, started as an artists led initiative in 1976. The cultural…

May 17, 2018

Is the Newtown Cultural Precinct Project Dead?

May 17, 2018

Zayd Minty

The First Mural Village in Vietnam

Todays blog profiles a Mural Village project in Vietnam, the result of a collaboration between a Vietnamese local government, a village…

Apr 12, 2018

The First Mural Village in Vietnam

Apr 12, 2018

Zayd Minty

A New Paradigm : Urban Cultural Policy?

This weeks blog is concerned with Urban Cultural Policy, It discusses the origin of this concept, what it means, and why it’s important.

Feb 22, 2018

A New Paradigm : Urban Cultural Policy?

Feb 22, 2018

Zayd Minty

BLAC to the Future

This is a reflection piece on the BLAC initiative, a self styled “discourse building project” (1998–2003). The project was an arts based…

Feb 1, 2018

BLAC to the Future

Feb 1, 2018

Zayd Minty

South Africa: Race. Culture. Power

Following on last weeks’s piece on culture and transformation in Cape Town, this piece looks at race, power and culture in South Africa…

Jan 18, 2018

South Africa: Race. Culture. Power

Jan 18, 2018

Zayd Minty

Culture and Transformation in Cape Town

TODAYS BLOG, THE FIRST FOR THE NEW YEAR, SETS THE SCENE FOR A SET OF ARTICLES EXPLORING HOW CULTURE CAN BE MOBILISED FOR URBAN AND SOCIAL…

Jan 11, 2018

Culture and Transformation in Cape Town

Jan 11, 2018

Zayd Minty

The Missed Opportunity: World Design Capital 2014

In our last article we were learnt how the bid for World Design Capital was inspired by the deep challenges faced by Cape Town as a divided…

Dec 14, 2017

The Missed Opportunity: World Design Capital 2014

Dec 14, 2017

Zayd Minty

Working Together: Cape Town’s Bid for World Design Capital 2014

What made Cape Town’s World Design Capital bid successful? In this piece I suggest it had a lot to do with timing — the confluence of…

Dec 7, 2017

Working Together: Cape Town’s Bid for World Design Capital 2014

Dec 7, 2017

Zayd Minty

Cape Town’s Two City Tale of Culture

CAPE TOWN BECAME A UNESCO CREATIVE CITY OF DESIGN IN NOVEMBER ’17, BUILDING ON ITS WINNING OF THE TITLE “WORLD DESIGN CAPITAL 2014”. WHAT…

Nov 30, 2017

Cape Town’s Two City Tale of Culture

Nov 30, 2017

Zayd Minty

Zayd Minty

I am a urban cultural governance specialist, consultant and researcher based in South Africa. My current project is Creative City South.

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