Cartoon by Youth Journalism International Senior Reporter Mariechen Puchert of Cape Town, South...
Author - Mariechen Puchert
This is an interactive map that shows you where YJI students have written stories over the years. You can zoom in or out of the world map to explore all of them in detail. [Note: If you’re seeing this on an author page, you will only see stories by a particular student.]
Coal Or Firewood Braai Is Essential To Her South African New...
EAST LONDON, South Africa – Greetings from a rainy East London, South Africa! Quite...
South African students protest tuition hikes
CAPE TOWN, Western Cape, South Africa – Stunned by the news that Stellenbosch University planned...
South Africa scores with World Cup
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — I was 14 when it was announced that South Africa had won the bid to...
Movie explores how rugby helped forge a new South Africa
EAST LONDON, Eastern Cape, South Africa — Set shortly after the abolition of apartheid and...
Sandy beaches, Xhosa customs part of South African Christmas
EAST LONDON, Eastern Cape, South Africa – As a country with 11 official languages and citizens from...
South Africans cast their votes
WESTERN CAPE, South Africa – National Election Day arrived on April 22 in a fashion more peaceful...
South Africa’s election may prove pivotal
Western Cape, SOUTH AFRICA – For the past few months, there has been little that could occupy the...