Places

Umlando weVictorian Railway Station “Workshop”

ISteshi sikajantshi sisuka ngeminyaka yama-1890s, emuva kokuba uhulumeni wakwaZulu (Natal Government Railways) wezitimela abona ukwenyuka kokuhweba endaweni yaseThekwini wabe eseqhamuka nombolo wokwakhiwa kuka jantshi wezitimela. Kulesiteshi kunesakhiwo esino veranda esinakhiwe ngezitini ezinombala ongathi uphuzi ngaphandle sibaluleke kakhulu, ingakho ngo-1979 Agasti 10 saqokwa njenge sinye sezakhiwo ezibalulekile eNingizimu Afrika ngokuqokwa njenge “National Monument” ngaphansi komthetho we … Read more

No Longer at This Address – From Durban lCC to Albert Luthuli lCC

Durban’s International Convention Centre has been extremely successful since its inception, helping to make Durban one of the conferencing capitals of the South. The ICC has played host to a variety of events and conferences including the Non-Aligned Movement and the World Conference on Racism. The ICC has recently been expanded, and now includes a … Read more

IVictorian Railway Station

Izakhiwo eziningi zasedolobheni laseThekwini zinomlando omningi, ikakhulukazi izakhiwo ezindala, ngoba phela izona eziwumongo wedolobha, ukusungulwa kwalo kanye nokuthuthuka kwalo. Kubalulekile ke ukuthi sihlale sihlale sibuye siwuvuse umlando wezakhiwo zakuleli dolobha khona nentsha izokwazi iphinde iqonde ngokubaluleka kwezakhiwo ezithile edolobheni. Sisekuwo umlando wase workshop “Victorian Railway Station”. Lendawo manje isihluke kakhulu kunesikhathi eyakhiwa ngaso. Okokuqala nje … Read more

Akuselona leli kheli – Kusuka ekubeni uGrey Street/Broad Street kwaba uDr Yusuf Dadoo Street

UGrey Street ekuqaleni ubesuka eDartnell Crescent eduzane naseGreyville Race Course aze ayofika kuVictoria Embankment. Eminyakeni ethile edlule, nokho, isigaba esiphakathi kwaleli chweba noWest Street saqanjwa kabusha ngokuthi uBroad Street. UGray Street waqanjwa ngo-Earl Henry George Grey, uNobhala Wombuso WaseBrithani WamaKoloni ngawo-1850. UGray Street uxhunyaniswe ngendlela exakile nomlando wabantu baseNdiya eThekwini. U-Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo wazalelwa eKrugersdrop … Read more

Akuselona leli kheli – Kusuka ekubeni uWindermere Road kwaba uLillian Ngoyi Road

Kulolu chungechunge lokubhala nge- No Longer at This Address (Akuselona leli kheli), sibheka umlando womuntu siqu ngemuva kwamagama emigwaqo emisha eThekwini, futhi njengoba lo Mgqibelo kunguSuku Lwabesifazane eNingizimu Afrika kubonakale kufanelekile ukuthi sihloniphe omunye wabantu abakhulu baseNingizimu Afrika abaholi besifazane, uLillian Masediba Ngoyi. Umgwaqo uLilian Ngoyi, phambilini owawunguWindemere Road, waqanjwa ngegama lowesifazane wokuqala owakhethwa ekomidini … Read more

Umlando weMotala Farm: 1900-1919

Umsuka weRichmond Farm Ipulazi elingama-acres angu-5,606 (amahektha angu-2,268) esiqongweni seKloof escarpment elaziwa ngokuthi i-Tavelberg (Tafelberg – Table Mountain) ekuqaleni laliphethwe uWilliam Cowie, ongowokuqala ukufika eNatali nabakwaVoortrekkers phakathi nawo-1830. Ngo-Agasti 1845 uCowie wathengisa iTavelberg (Tafelberg) Farm, esukela eKloof Gorge yaze yayofika esigodini sasePinetown-Umhlathuzana, kuMnuz William Swan Field owaliqamba kabusha ngokuthi iRichmond Farm. Njengoba uWilliam Swan wayengenankosikazi … Read more