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title: "20 Questions with Aneesa Adams"
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# 20 Questions with Aneesa Adams

> Meet Aneesa Adams, born in Hillbrow at the Florence Nightingale Hospital (back in 1994 when it was still a hospital), she’s a Jozi girl through and through. Think “millennial brewed in a Nineties pot, with Gen Z flair and a dash of boomer charm”. Part storyteller, music lover and city whisperer, she’s bringing Jozi’s pulse straight to our readers, with flair.

By Daily Maverick · Published 24 July 2025, 11:59 SAST

## Key points
- Johannesburg Community Engagement Editor Aneesa Adams answers 20 questions for Maverick Insiders.

## Content

**Favourite book. Of all time and recently?**

The Great Gatsby. Recent: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

**Favourite film. Of all time and recently?**

Bridge to Terabithia/Bollywood movie: Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.

Recently: Dunki.

**Favourite series. Of all time and recently?**

The Great British Bake Off. Recently: We Were Liars (the plot twist I never ever saw coming).

**What is the most random thing you’ve ordered online?**

A Ring camera to watch my cat, but only because it was on sale.

**What is the last thing on your phone that you took a screenshot of?**

A QR code to claim my free smoothie at Kauai.

**What app do you spend the most time on?**

IG and WhatsApp and now TikTok (follow me).

**What’s your favourite piece of trivia?**

The end of a shoelace string is called an aglet.

**What’s the weirdest superstition you secretly believe in?**

Having your shoes turned upside down is bad luck.

**If you could relive one specific experience, what would it be?**

My 22nd birthday – what a time to be alive.

**Window seat or aisle seat?**

Aisle.

**If you could live as someone else for the day, who would it be and why?**

Tough one, but it would have to be my queen, Cleopatra – ruling an empire, defying expectations and shaping history in a man’s world.

I think she’d be fun company and an absolute strategist.

**Career highlight?**

Maybe a bit biased but finally working for Daily Maverick, especially for the newly established Joburg bureau – I do love Jozi, after all.

**What are people always surprised to learn about you?**

I’m older than I look – 1994 born-free babies… we still look good.

**You’ve just been arrested. What crime were you likely to have committed?**

Maybe stalking but more investigative, lol.

**If you weren’t working in your current role, what industry would you be in?**

Fashion, darling.

**What is the most-worn item in your wardrobe?**

My Air Force 1s, black silk pants that go with everything for every season.

**What’s the best advice you’ve received?**

Someone once told me, “Just take care of you.” It stuck.

**Describe yourself in three words?**

Funny, eccentric, OTT doll.

**Name one person you admire?**

Shout out to my mom.

**What’s your current guilty pleasure?**

Watching old seasons of the Great British Bake Off (before Prue Leith entered the scene).