UCommercial Road wabelana ngegama lawo nezitaladi kuwo wonke umhlaba okhuluma isiNgisi. Umgwaqo wokuqala wezohwebo mhlawumbe wawuseLondon, lapho wakhiwa khona yiCommercial Road Company. Imigwaqo ebizwa ngokufanayo ibizwa ngokujwayelekile ngomsebenzi wezomnotho ebeziyinxenye lapho yakhiwa. Namuhla uCommercial Road iningi lezitolo zezindwangu futhi yakha umngcele oseningizimu we-Indian Quarter yaseThekwini.
U-Alfred Bitini Xuma wazalwa ngo-1893 emndenini ohloniphekile wamaXhosa eTranskei. Kusukela kulesi siqalo sasemakhaya, wavuka esikhundleni sokuba nguMongameli we-ANC. Wenza izifundo zobudokotela, wathola i-PhD eLondon School of tropical medicine. Ukuphikisana kwakhe nokususwa kwabantu abamnyama kwi-franchise yaseKapa kwaholela ekukhethweni kwakhe njengenhloko ye-ANC ngo-1940. Washonela esibhedlela iBaragwanath ngo-1962.
Umbalo nezithombe kwakhiwe yinxenye ye- “No Longer at This Address” umbukiso ngu Peter Machen