In this age of BEE and MTV, Black South African youths are left to find their own way to a future with plenty of opportunities but no guarantees. This is exactly when a comic book superhero flies in and offers these Generation Newers guidance through the maze of fake bling and quasi role models.

Mshana magazine is somewhat of a hybrid, very much like these 16-24 year old urban youths. Mshana is packed with: entertainment and fun stuff such as trends, profiles of rising and established South African music artists and CD reviews; collectable posters and lyrics (remember when your adolescent bedroom looked like your fantasies were displayed on the walls?); insights into topical issues such as train surfing and initiation; real-life inspiration; life skills and career information that your everyday majita needs to know; and 40 pages of comics as authentically South African as Voetsek! Readers will love the action, drama and crime-ridden realities of inner city life, as seen through the eyes of a young newspaper reporter in Unicity, share in the dream of becoming a super kwaito group in Mzansi Beats, laugh at the highs and lows of owning a car wash business in Kasiwash - all enthusiastically served up by Mzansi's most talented writers and artists.