People/Abantu

IJaji uVuka Tshabalala

UVuka Eliakim Maswazi Tshabalala uyiShansela yase-Durban University of Technology. Usebenze njengeJaji likaMongameli waseNatali. Ngo-1969 waba i-Black Advocate ukusebenzela eNatali. NgoSepthemba 1994, uTshabalala wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba ngu-Senior Counsel Status by the State President. UVuka, owaziwa kanjalo, wazalelwa e-Orlando East ngo-1937. Ngemuva konyaka umndeni wakhe wathutha wayozinza eThekwini.Ngemuva kokuphothula izifundo zakhe zamabanga aphansi esikoleni samabanga aphansi i-Fannin, … Read more

Bheki Mkhwane

Born in 1963 and raised in KwaMashu, Bheki Mkhwane has made a name for himself in theatre as a director, producer, play writer and actor. Mkhwane fell in love with acting at an early age. With a rare God-given skill for soccer, many thought he would end up on the field as a professional soccer … Read more

Sipho Ngobese

Born 8 March 1944, in Durban. Sipho Ngobese attended school at Umkhumbane Government School, Chesterville Secondary School, St. Francis College in Mariannhill, and UNISA (Bachelor of Theology). Ngobese is married with one daughter and two grandsons. Ngobese’s newspaper career experience involves writing as a freelancer for UMAFRIKA, reporting on general news, sports and court. In 1973, … Read more

IMelusi’s Everyday Zulu

Esikhathini esidlule sabhala ngekhasi likaFacebook eliphethwe ngumkhangisi oqavile,uMelusi Tshabalala. UMelusi wayesezibophezele ekubhaleni iphosti nsuku zonke egxile olimini lwesiZulu, kumbhalo ngamunye ubheka igama elihlukile. Nakuba indlela uMelusi ayenza ngayo ijabulisa kakhulu, kodwa umqondo uqhamuke ngenxa yento ebaluleke kakhulu – esechithe iminyaka engamashumi amabili emkhakheni wezokukhangisa uMelusi wayekholelwa ekuqedeni ukungahlonishwa ngokuphelele izilimi zomdabu zase-Afrika. Imali eningi itshalwa … Read more

UDokotela Sam Ramsamy

UDokotela Sam Ramsamy OIS wazalwa ngomhlaka-27 Januwari 1938 eThekwini ungumfundisi, isishoshovu nomphathi wezemidlalo. Isizinda sakhe kwezemfundo sifaka i-Springfield College of Education, eThekwini; Inyuvesi yaseNingizimu Afrika; I-Carnegie College of Physical Education, Leeds (Great Britain); I-LLD (HC) University of Toronto (Canada); Ama-Honorary Doctorates – Inyuvesi yaseS-urrey ne-Leeds Metropolitan University (Great Britain); Umuntu Ohloniphekile – Roehampton College, University … Read more

Jeff Thamsanqa Radebe

Jeffrey Thamsanqa “Jeff” Radebe was born in Cato Manor in Durban in 1953 and lived there until 1958 when his family was forcibly removed to Kwa-Mashu. He obtained a B. Juris Degree from the University of Zululand in 1976; LLM in International Law from Leipzig University and studied at the Lenin International School, Moscow. Radebe … Read more