I can't believe this week has
already flown by! My first week of interning at Africa Unite and taking classes
at UCT went really well. There are many other interns from around the world at
my internship and they are awesome! I've been doing an assortment of different
tasks, one of which was to research and write a one page paper on South
Africa's political, economic, and social issues. That is a lot to compact! It
required me to do a lot of research (both online and through the books/articles
they had) and I learned a lot more about current politics, problems, opinions,
info on President Zuma, etc. I actually love learning about current events and
things like this. I'm glad I did this assignment because it made me more
knowledgeable about current issues and helped me understand some reasons
for opinions on President Zuma.
The classes we took at UCT on
history/politics of South Africa were really informative and cool to learn
about. I also like the discussions we have because people have such interesting
points to make, and talking about issues like race, class, and gender help me
understand different aspects I hadn't thought about. One thing people seem to
dislike is consensus decision making where everyone must agree on a decision
(not necessarily like it but at the very least be able to live with it). It
takes a long time for us to reach consensus but I think the idea behind it is
good because it requires us to really think about different aspects and
possibilities of what we're deciding. Hearing more people voice their reasoning
makes me think deeper about my opinion and the opposing opinion, and I feel
like I understand the various pros and cons more.
Last, one thing I love about Cape
Town is that there always seems to be so much to do! I've been out on Long
Street twice which is a blast, and I know there are still many markets,
concerts, UCT clubs and events, beach days, and other things I want to do (that
I didn't even know about coming here!). I also hope to meet more locals. There
is just so much to experience here!
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