Zayd MintyExperiencing Apartheid as a 4 Year OldI 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, 2022Feb 18, 2022
Zayd MintyIs 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, 2018May 17, 2018
Zayd MintyThe First Mural Village in VietnamTodays blog profiles a Mural Village project in Vietnam, the result of a collaboration between a Vietnamese local government, a village…Apr 12, 2018Apr 12, 2018
Zayd MintyA 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, 2018Feb 22, 2018
Zayd MintyBLAC to the FutureThis is a reflection piece on the BLAC initiative, a self styled “discourse building project” (1998–2003). The project was an arts based…Feb 1, 2018Feb 1, 2018
Zayd MintySouth Africa: Race. Culture. PowerFollowing 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, 2018Jan 18, 2018
Zayd MintyCulture and Transformation in Cape TownTODAYS 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, 2018Jan 11, 2018
Zayd MintyThe Missed Opportunity: World Design Capital 2014In 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, 2017Dec 14, 2017
Zayd MintyWorking Together: Cape Town’s Bid for World Design Capital 2014What 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, 2017Dec 7, 2017
Zayd MintyCape Town’s Two City Tale of CultureCAPE 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, 2017Nov 30, 2017