Durban Living Legend – Ros Sarkin

Durban Living Legend-Ros Sarkin Ros Sarkin was born in  is currently involved in cultural and educational affairs and is a co-founder of the Durban International Film Festival. During the dark days of apartheid, Sarkin showed many films that were banned by the regime, especially films that dealt with political themes, e.g. Bernardo Bertolucci’s film 1900 … Read more

Durban Living Legend – Ronnie Govender

Ronnie Govender was born in 1934, in Cato Manor, Durban. He is a well known playwright. To date Govender has written and directed more than 16 plays, including “Beyond Calvary”, “At the Edge”, “The Lahnee’s Pleasure” was one of South Africa’s longest-running plays and “Off-Side”. He founded the Shah Theatre Academy in the fifties to foster … Read more

Benedict Vilakazi

Contents Early years Education Vilakazi the educationist Vilakazi the novelist and poet Early years Benedict Vilakazi was born on January 6, 1906 at Groutville Mission Station on the north coast of kwaZulu-Natal, where he attended the local Groutville Mission School up till his 10th year. He completed his school career at St Francis College, at … Read more

Durban Living Legend – Dudley ‘Bra Dudley’ Dlamini

Dudley Dlamini was born in Umzinto in 1931 and moved to Glebelands, South of Durban. He started playing trumpet at the tender age of 19 years. He played for the “Mezzow Swing Band” which was based at Umlazi. In 1956, he joined Modern Masters Band, and they played mostly at the hostels. He spent five years … Read more