Monday the 15th August 2016 marked 69 years since India claimed its independence from British rule. The movement that resulted in Indian independence is most famous for satyagraha, a campaign of nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience led by the Indian National Congress, of which Mohandas Gandhi was the president at the time. It was nearly a century before India took back control of its land and its people … Read more
Sixty years ago an estimated twenty thousand women marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to protest against the so-called ‘pass laws’. With women coming in their numbers from all over the country, the 9th August 1956 proved to be a historic day, and one that changed the course of history. The Natives (Abolition of Passes … Read more
Isishoshovu samalungelo abantu ,wazalelwa eThekwini, Fatima Meer (Agasti 12 1928 – Mashi 13 2020), waqokwa njengomunye wabaholi bezombusazwe besifazane abavelele eNingizimu Afrika. Umsebenzi wempilo yakhe kwakungukulwa nenqubomgomo yengcindezelo yobukoloni nobandlululo, futhi wawuthatha lo msebenzi ngesasa. Kangangokuthi waba ngowesifazane wokuqala owavinjelwa umbuso wobandlululo ngo-1952. Isimo esesabekayo sikaMeer sabonakala ezicini eziningi zomsebenzi wakhe kubandakanya nokugqugquzela kwakhe izinhlangano … Read more
With their fingers on the pulse of what’s happening in Durban, our young Ulwazi fieldworkers write about everything from local cultural groups, to exhibition openings and recipes for traditional Zulu foods. Click on the links below to read about what Sboniso and Nkosikhona have been researching this month:
Last week SAFM held an interesting discussion on the preservation and promotion of indigenous languages in South Africa. Radio presenter, Stephen Grootes, debated the issue with Dr Thabo Ditsele, Linguistic PHD student at UCT; Senior lecturer in African Languages at UCT, Dr Tessa Dowling; and Professor Sihawu Ngubane, Head of African Languages and Linguistics at UKZN, and former … Read more
Each month we do a wrap up of what our Ulwazi fieldworkers have been researching, and this month it’s clear that Siboniso’s work had a definite theme, with the majority of his stories focusing on Zulu traditions surrounding death. Click on the links below to read about the isihlangu ceremony that’s performed after the death of a male family … Read more