SIT Study Abroad South Africa: Social and Political Transformation

Sanbona! From Johannesburg to Durban, these past two weeks in South Africa have been action-packed!

In Johannesburg, we visited the Apartheid Museum, traveled to Soweto to the Hector Pieterson Museum, and visited one of Nelson Mandela’s houses! We also got a chance to see the Constitutional Court, the Nelson Mandela Foundation, and SAIIA.

After a long drive, we finally arrived in Durban! We started our classes, visited the Phansi museum, the Moses Mabhida Stadium, the Nelson Mandela capture site, the KwaMuhle museum, Warwick Junction, the botanic garden (where we saw the lonliest man in the world!) and traveled to South Coast to hilke and relax in the sun!

Its been a crazy two weeks of immerision, exposure, and fun. Check back in to see what else we get up to this semester!

Welcome to sunny South Africa! We'll be sharing some of the activities of the Spring '26 semester and we look forward to having you along with us! Follow for more!

The rest of us weren’t quite ready to say goodbye to sunny Durban and chose to remain there for ISP. We are so grateful for the community, beauty, and opportunity this month brought us!

ISP and Internship Presentations!!!
We had such amazing and interesting projects and experiences!

For the ISP period, five of us headed to Cape Town!!
We had such an amazing experience from hiking to the beach to First Thursday and rugby. We also took a day trip to the Cape of Good Hope and Boulder Beach to see the penguins!

Congratulations to our , Summer '25 alumni, on her recent promotion to Director of Treasury at Girls Who Lead: Middelsbury College Chapter. Wishing Ava all the best. We know you will do great!

Scenes from a rural homestay through the eyes of SIT student 📸

recently at SIT Durban ….

l e s o t h o

We’ve been eating well. From bunny chow to maas to braai. Yum!! 😋

m o z a m b i q u e 🇲🇿