Kameraad Mhambi

Mhambi started out at Mhambi.blogspot.com in April 2006. It was born out of a need to try and make sense of political and social upheaval in South Africa: The unraveling of a dream, the fading of the rainbow nation.

I chose the word Mhambi, because it means traveler in isiZulu. I am currently part of the South African diaspora but have (kinda) settled in the UK.

Motherland Azania

This blog used to mainly cover South African social & political events, but increasingly I’m making detours into other issues as well, like art, photography, technology and film, as well as history. But in particular I now write about digital media.

My name is Wessel van Rensburg and I work as a web strategist, producer & documentary maker. Besides this blog I keep another together with Gerrie Smits and Adriaan Pelzer on Social Media and Digital strategy called RAAK.

You can follow me on Twitter here. Or you can get blog updates via email.

My background

I used to work as an investigator and evidence analyst for the South African Truth & Reconciliation Commission, where I specialised in investigating a number of high profile massacres that took place in the early 90’s.

Before that I was a young activist and the editor of the University of Pretoria’s student newspaper – Die Perdeby – circa 1994. Hence my keen interest in the South African transition.

I studied law in Pretoria (Tswane) , but I also have a degree in Hypermedia at the University of Westminster (London).

Contact me

You can send me an email here.