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
Usuku lwamaLungelo Abantu, olukusasa eNingizimu Afrika, luyisikhumbuzo futhi lungumgubho. Sikhumbula inqwaba yabantu abafa e-Sharpeville ngomhlaka-21 Mashi 1960, kanye nenqwaba yabanye abafa belwela inkululeko ngesikhathi sobandlululo. Sigubha ibanga esesilihambile njengezwe kusukela ngo-1994 ekwamukeleni amalungelo ezakhamuzi ayisisekelo. La malungelo awumgogodla weentando yeningi kithi, futhi afakwe kuMthethosisekelo wethu, owaziwa njengentuthuko enkulu emhlabeni. Isahluko sesibili soMthethosisekelo siqukethe Umqulu Wamalungelo … Read more
Usuku Lomhlaba Wonke Lwamalungelo Abantu lugujwa ngomhlaka 10 Disemba njalo ngonyaka ukuhlonishwa ukwamukelwa kweZizwe Ezihlangene zincela ku- Universal Declaration of Human Rights ngo-1948. Kodwa eNingizimu Afrika sikhumbula uSuku Lwamalungelo Abantu ngomhlaka 21 Mashi, ukukhumbula imicimbi eyenzeka ngalolu suku ngo-1960, ngesikhathi amaphoyisa evulela ngenhlamvu ebhekise kubabhikishi, abulala abantu abangama-69, futhi alimaza kabi abanye abangu-180. Akwaziwa ngokuqiniseka … Read more