Great makers
Khanya Mzongwana likes to feed people. A lot. So much, in fact, that she created an alter-ego of sorts on Instagram, @palmoliveza_, to push herself out of her comfort zone and share her love for cooking with others at a series of pop-up events.
Palm-Olive is currently a one-person band and Khanya sees it as a space in which she can express herself through food by hosting events with like-minded people. For this, her first pop-up in Cape Town, Khanya collaborated with Julie Nxadi and Loyiso Qoboshiyana of The Mutha-Ship Landing, a group that encourages collaboration between artists in their creative spheres of choice.
“The Mutha-Ship is an experiment in audacity,” says Julie. “As Black makers we are particularly aware of the pressure on artists (Black women especially) to always be presentable and obedient in their disciplines. Whether it’s communicated through moving or still
