Places/Izindawo

IKZN Society for the Blind

Yasungulwa ngo-1936, i-KZN Society for the Blind isaqhubeka nokuba nezimpumputhe eziningi nezingaboni kahle kulesi sifundazwe. Itholakala eMbilo, iNhlangano inikeze iminyaka eminingi yemisebenzi ehlobene nokubona ngokugxila ekuthuthukiseni ukuhlunyeleliswa kwezimilo, imfundo namathuba omsebenzi emphakathini wezimpumputhe ewusebenzelayo. Namuhla, lezi zinsiza zenziwa ngezinhlelo ezihlukahlukene. Ukukwazi ukufunda nokubhala kungenye yamakhono asemqoka afundiswayo. Lokhu kwenziwa ngokufundisa i-braille, uhlelo lwamachashazi amele izinhlamvu, okwenza abantu … Read more

Izinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayo eThekwini, kwaZulu Natali

ITheku iBio Diverse City Yethu   UBUWAZI?: ITheku yindawo ethandwa kakhulu izinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayo, okusho ukuthi indawo eneqoqo lezitshalo nezilwane ezisengozini enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni. I-Conservation International ichaza i-hotspot njengendawo equkethe okungenani izinhlobo ezingu-1500 zezitshalo ezinemithambo yegazi esilahlekelwe okungenani amaphesenti angu-70 endawo yayo engumsuka. INingizimu Afrika iyizwe lesithathu elinezinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayo ngemuva kweBrazil ne-Indonesia futhi … Read more

Akuselona leli kheli – King Dinuzulu Road

Ngokubuyekaza isibili emagameni emigwaqo amasha aseThekwini , besicabanga  ukubheka umgwaqo odabula enkabeni yedolobha lethu, futhi osingatha umjaho odumile weComrades Marathon obakhona minyaka yonke. Umgwaqo iBerea, manje osekuyiKing Dinuzulu Road, ‘uyisango’ eliya eThekwini, iTollgate Bridge yakha uphawu olukhulu lokwamukela! Njengombono wabantu wokuqala ngeTheku kubukeka kufanelekile ukuthi lo mgwaqo uqanjwe ngegama lenkosi yamaZulu. INkosi uDinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868 … Read more

No Longer at This Address – From Commercial Road to Dr AB Xuma Street

Commercial Road shares its name with streets all over the English-speaking world. The first Commercial Road was probably in London, where it was built by the Commercial Road Company. Similarly named Roads are generally named for the economic activity to which they played host when they were built. Today Commercial Road is mostly home to … Read more

No Longer at This Address – From Stanger Street to Stalwart Simelane Street

Stanger Street was named after William Stanger the first Surveyor General of Natal and was intimately involved in giving Durban its currrent form.  Although  Stanger’s achievements are no longer celebrated with a road name, the town of Stangerstill retains his name, as does the Stangeria eriopus, otherwise known as Stanger’s cycad, which Stanger misidentified as … Read more

Akuselona leli kheli – Kusuka ekubeni u-Aliwal Street kwaba uSamora Machel Street

Sekuyisikhathi eside saqala ukusebenza ngohleko lwe- ‘No Longer at This Address’ (Akuselona leli Kheli) lapho sibheka khona umlando wezinguquko zomgwaqo (ezithile ezinempikiswano) eThekwini. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi akuwona wonke amagama emigwaqo emisha aqanjwe ngamagama abantu baseNingizimu Afrika, kanti ambalwa impela aqanjwe ngamaqhawe omzabalazo aphesheya. USamora Machel Street, owayekade eyi-Aliwal Street, ukuhlonipha umholi wangaphambili wezinguquko nomongameli waseMozambique. Wazalwa ngo-1933 … Read more