It’s been more than twenty years since the fall of apartheid, and yet there’s no denying that large parts of South Africa are still very much divided along racial lines. There are many reasons for this – the legacy of apartheid’s spacial planning, slow economic transformation, access to education – the truth is, it’s a … Read more
There’s a famous quote that goes “the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil, is for good men to do nothing”, and listening to Ronnie Kasrils talking about the path that led him to join the anti-apartheid struggle, this saying makes perfect sense. Speaking of the inspiration behind his recently published book, Catching Tadpoles: … Read more
The United Nations (UN) was founded on the 24th October 1945 following World War II, which was marked by an estimated 70 to 85 million fatalities and included the Holocaust, which saw some six million Jewish people – around two-thirds of Europe’s Jewish population – murdered because of their ethnicity. On the 10th December 1948 … Read more
On a number of occasions we’ve written about the important role that music, and in particular, protest songs, played in the anti-apartheid struggle. But there’s a whole other side to the story that we haven’t looked at, and that’s what apartheid robbed us of. More than simply entertainment, music as an art form enriches our … Read more
Ngenkathi uMasipala weTheku uqamba kabusha imigwaqo yawo eminingi eminyakeni embalwa edlule, omunye wemigwaqo emikhulu yedolobha washintshwa ukuba u-West Street waba u-Dr Pixley KaSeme Street. Ikheli le- Durban City Hall, isakhiwo esinomlando nesibalulekile ngokwenhlangano yenkululeko, lishintshile ngenxa yalokho. Ukuqanjwa kabusha kuka-West Street mhlawumbe kwaba olunye lwezinguquko ezibaluleke kakhulu ezenziwayo futhi kukhomba iqhaza elibalulekile uKaSeme alibamba emlandweni … Read more
Ngo-1906, iNkosi uBhambatha kaMancinza yahola umbuso wamaNgisi ‘eZululand’, iphikisana nalokho okwakwaziwa njengentela yokuvota. Empeleni kusukela ngo-1906 kuya ku-1909, intela yokuvota yayihlangene nezinye izintela ukucindezela abantu abakhuluma isiZulu ohlelweni lwabasebenzi bekoloni. Ezinye izintela – zamadokodo, izinja nomshado – bezilokhu zikhona kusukela cishe ngo-1848 futhi ‘intela yokuvota’ yengeze u- £ 1 ngomuntu ngamunye (okwakulingana no- £ 110 … Read more