What initially began as a newcomer to Cape Town's journey to meet friends, soon became a meeting point for strangers to connect with each other at gorgeous locations. We caught up with TikTok's best friend:
Joburg local, Ameera Hassen, had a mission when she moved to Cape Town. Like most of us non-native Capetonians, Ameera wanted to make friends and connections in her new home. However, it turned out Ameera wasn’t the only one in the Mother City looking to make the circle bigger. What initially began as an effort to meet new pals one-on-one soon extended to helping groups of strangers turn into friends.
“Most definitely, a lot of people actually don’t believe it when I say I was insecure and had social anxiety because I consistently tried to grow by moving out of my comfort zone and what a beautiful journey it has been. I always navigated shy tendencies through breath work and emanating confidence and once that initial hurdle was crossed in the early stages, becoming a conversationalist became more natural to me.”3. After your individual meets, the massive picnics in gorgeous locations began.
“I have heard this so many times but genuinely from my perspective especially now, I find people in Cape Town are surprisingly friendlier, so I’d definitely say they are misunderstood! I feel as if once people have found their group they stopped actively trying to grow that specific circle which can be seen as “cliquey”.
“Yes, most definitely but I also believe it stems further before the pandemic. I feel as if my generation has given up on talking to people, talking to strangers, the people next to you on the bus or on the plane, the people in a shopping line, in an elevator. We’ve disconnected from reality, when in a line we’d rather sit on our phone or distract ourselves.
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