Fashioning Modern Africanism

The first week of Big Brother Mzansi – S’ya Mosha has served what was promised – drama – including the first eviction of the season. Last night, 28 January, Mali became the first housemate to be evicted leaving 22 housemates in the house with 19 still vying for the R2million grand prize. The eviction took everyone by surprise as it has not been a norm for any housemate to be evicted in the first week of the show. However, because it’s the year of  S’ya Mosha , this is proof that the game is not as you would expect. The show was opened by Mellow & Sleezy ft Tman Xpress performing their hit  Imnandi Lento  which was followed by host Lawrence Maleka taking the audience through the highlights of the week that was. The season’s first Head of House, Mich was safe from eviction and so was Sammy M who won immunity during the week. However, Mich’s reign was not without drama as the housemates lost their first wager and also faced challenges of confrontational housemates.  During the show, s

Brother Mzansi   housemates shook as Venus and Nale are the latest to be evicted.  Yup, we’ve reached that stage of the game where no one is safe, no matter how popular they might be.   When asked by host Lawrence Maleka if she saw her eviction coming, Richards Bay native Venus said: “Yes. I felt too peaceful the whole week, weirdly calm. I’ve been in the   Big Brother   house for seven weeks, that was the first time where I felt so at ease. I knew that there was a shock that’s coming.”   When asked about her in-house romances with B.U. and Themba, and who of the two she might choose to be with, she said: “I’ll let time tell. I don’t know the versions of themselves outside of the house. I played my game; I don’t know how they played theirs.”   Nale from Pretoria wasn’t nominated for eviction by anyone but ended up in danger after Libo used his Head of House veto power to nominate her – this was particularly shocking because the two had formed a close friendship on the show.     A smili

The well-liked baby of the house Zino and the sometime bad boy B.U. are the latest Housemates to be evicted from   Big Brother Mzansi . Leaving the house the day after his 22 nd  birthday, Joburger Adindu Asuzu aka Zino told  BB Mzansi  host Lawrence Maleka that it was a privilege and “amazing” to have been on the show.   When asked who he was going to miss from the House, he said it was Yoli. Zino said, “I really appreciated her. She was amazing and she gave me an older sister – I’ve never had that before.”   Joburg-based Durbanite B.U., real name Luthando Mthembu, said to Lawrence he believed some Housemates were playing the game quite well, such as Nale.   About his own journey on the show, he said, “I’ve learned a lot of lessons along the way, but one thing about me is I’m gonna be me. I wasn’t shaken at any point. If it makes sense to me, it doesn’t have to make sense to anybody else.”   When asked what was happening between him and Venuss, the self-described ‘Zulu Vegan’ simply s