Important People and Sites

U-Charlotte Mannya Maxeke ngo-1871-1939

Ngenkathi ubandlululo luthathwa ngokusemthethweni  ngonyaka ka-1948 ngokukhuphuka kwamandla e-National Party, ukwahlukaniswa ngokobuhlanga kwase kuyisikhathi eside kwenziwa eNingizimu Afrika ngaphambi kwalolu suku. Ubandlululo lwaluvele lwenze ngokusemthethweni ‘ukwehlukana’ ngohlu olude lwemithetho, eyayingezwa njalo, futhi ichitshiyelwe. Njengekoloni lase-Brithani langaphambili, iNingizimu Afrika yayiyizwe elihlukaniswe kakhulu, into u-Charlotte Maxeke angayifakazela. Kukholakala ukuthi wazalwa ngo-1871, u-Charlotte Makgomo Maxeke (née Mannya) wayeyisishoshovu … Read more

Iminyaka elishumi yeKhomishini yamaQiniso nokuBuyisana

Leli sonto limaka iminyaka engamashumi amabili selokhu iKhomishini yamaQiniso nokuBuyisana (Truth and Reconciliation Commission i-TRC) yethula umbiko wayo wokugcina. I-TRC yaqala ukulalelwa ngokusemthethweni ngo-15 Ephreli 1996, ithola ukuxolelwa izakhamuzi ezejwayelekile, amalungu amaphoyisa, ababengamalungu kahulumeni, kanye namaqabane e-ANC. Kubantu abangu-7112 ababefake izicelo *, bangu-5392 abantu abanqatshelwa ushwele, kwanikezwa kuphela abantu abangu-849 ushwele. Umbiko, owashicilelwa ngomhlaka-28 Okthoba … Read more

Iminyaka Engamashumi Amathathu

Usuku lomhlaka 11 February 2020, linomlando omkhulu eNingizimu Afrika. Lolusuku luyisikhumbuzo salowo owayenguMongameli wezwe uNelson Mandela wakhululwa ejele ngemuva kokuhlala iminyaka engu 27. UMandela waboshwa mhlaka 5 August 1962 eshayela imoto esuka eThekwini elibhekise eGoli. Ngesikhathi emiswa ngamaphoyisa ngaseHowick kuR103, wazenza umuntu ongumshayeli ozibiza ngoDavid Motsamayi okwakuyigama lomunye wabantu asebenzisana nabo. Kuthiwa amaphoyisa athi ayezenzela … Read more

Ukukhumbula u-Rick Turner

Igama lika-Rick Turner lingaziwa inoma ubani oseke wachitha isikhathi eNyuvesi yaKwaZulu-Natal. Kukhona ibhilidi labafundi eliqanjwe ngegama lakhe, kube khona umfundaze obizwa ngegama lakhe kanti ingxenye yayo inyuvesi incike eduze komgwaqo oqanjwe ngalo igama lika-Rick Turner. Khona kunjalo, ngabe bangaki abazi kabanzi ngomlando kaDokotela Richard Albert Turner? Wazalelwa eNtshonalanga Kapa ngowe-1941 kubazali bokufika ababevela eNgilandi. Waphothula … Read more

Wafela ukuthula

Namhlanje kubalwa iminyaka engamashumi amabili nanhlanu kwabulawa u-Chris Hani, isenzo esaphazamisa izingxoxo ezazibucayi zokudlulisa amandla kuhulumeni wobandlululo eya kuhulumeni wentando yeningi. Kunzima ukukholelwa kulokhu emva kweminyaka eminingi kangaka eseyadlula, kodwa u-Chris Hani wayethandwa kakhulu eNingizimu Afrika. Futhi abaningi babekholelwa ukuthi i-SACP yayingayihlula i-ANC okhethweni uma u-Hani wayesangamholi. Ngaphambi kokuthi aqokelwe isikhundla sokuba nguNobhala Jikelele weSACP … Read more

Usuku lwenkululeko, i-Satyagraha kanye No. 14 Mercury Lane

UMsombuluko, womhlaka 15 August 2016 uqopha umlando weminyaka engu 69 izwe laseNdiya lathola inkululeko yokuzimela ngaphansi kwengcindezelo yaMaNgisi. Umshikashika owaholela ekuzimeleni kwalelizwe waziwa ngokusebenzisa i-satyagraha, umkhankaso wokungasebenzisi udlame kodwa abantu bangayithobeli imithetho ethile kahulumeni, wawuholwa yinhlangano ye-Indian National Congress, uMongameli wayo wangalesosikhathi kwakungu Mohandas Gandhi. Cishe kwathatha iminyaka eyikhulu ngaphambi kokuthi izwe laseNdiya likwazi ukubuyela … Read more