UCecil CJ ‘Roddy’ Ward

Ukukhulele eSiphingo Beach, uCJ noma u ‘Roddy’ Cecil Ward njengoba ayedume kanjalo, lwakhula uthando lwemvelo kuye kusukela esemncane. Kodwa-ke, i-ccology yayingaziwa nangegama ingasaphathwa eyisihloko sayo lapho iqala eNyuvesi ngo-1946. Kamuva e-University of Durban Westville, uRoddy waba yisibonelo salokho i-lecturer okufanele ibe yikho – ubuhlakani, isineke, umusa kanye nokuzimisela ngaso sonke isikhathi ukuhlanganyela isikhathi nobungoti bakhe … Read more

Ukuchazwa kabusha kobuhle

Ngaphezu kwezinto zokudlala, amathoyizi izingane ezidlala ngawo asiza ekulolongeni umuzwa wazo wobuntu njengoba zikhula. Okubalulekile kakhulu onodoli amantombazane amancane (nabafana!) abawatholayo kubo, ngakho kube kuhle ukubona ukuthuthukiswa kwenye imakethe yamathoyizi onodoli abafana noBaby Thando kany noMomppy Mpoppy abafika emakethe yasendaweni. E-America, umculi, uCrystal Kaye, uphinde wagqakambisa ukubaluleka kokumela ukwahlukahlukana nokubonisa ukuthi ubuhle bufika kanjani ngamaphakheji … Read more

UCedric Nunn

UCedric Nunn wazalwa ngo-1957, umthwebuli wezithombe waseNingizimu Afrika owaziwa kakhulu ngomsebenzi wakhe wokukhombisa impilo yeNingizimu Afrika ngaphambi, nangemuva kwesikhatho sobandlululo. Waziswa ngumngani wakhe u-Peter McKenzie emkhakheni wezokuthwebula izithombe, owaba ngumfundi wokuqala omnyama ukwenza izifundo zokuthwebula izithombe e-Natal Technikon. Njengoba uCedric wayengenawo umatikuletsheni, wayengeke ekwazi ukufunda, wakwazi ukufunda, njengoba uPeter ayabelana naye ngamanothi ngokunyonyoba. UCedric Nunn … Read more

Akuselona leli kheli- Kusuka ekubeni uVictoria Embankment kwaba uMargaret Mncadi Street

UVictoria Embankment, obizwa nangokuthi u-Esplanade, ngomunye wemigwaqo emidala eThekwini. Ifolelwe ngabasiki besibhakabhaka be-20th century futhi ligijima kuyo yonke i-Bay, kusuka eMaydon Wharf neSugar Terminal entshonalanga, kudlule itheku lezikebhe kuya ezikhumulweni zabagibeli empumalanga. Laqanjwa ngo-1897 ngemuva kweNdlovukazi uVictoria ngokuhlonipha ijubili ledayimane lokubusa kwakhe futhi liyikhaya lezindawo eziningi ezithakazelisa ngokomlando. UMargaret Mncadi wayengudokotela futhi eyisishoshovu sezepolitiki owaba … Read more

UHelen Lucre

UHelen Lucre wazalwa nge-9th ka-Okthoba 1955, eMotueka, eNelson, eNew Zealand. ULucre wafunda e-Nelson College for Girls nase-Motueka High School eNew Zealand. Ngo-1980 uLucre wathuthela ePitoli, eNingizimu Afrika. UHelen waqala ukubamba iqhaza ekugijimeni ngeminyaka ka-1980. Ngonyaka olandelayo, waqala ukuncintisana kuma-marathon ajwayelekile njengomdlalo wokuhlungela i-Comrades Marathon. Ungenele umncintiswano wakhe wokuqala ngo-1981. Ngo-1984, wafudukela eThekwini; ukuqala isizini yezokusubatha … Read more

Isihlala soMsinsi Wokuzimilela: Lucky Bean Tree

Sabanenhlanhla yokukhulela eThekwini selashwa ngezimbali ezibomvu zesihlahla se-coral esimangalisayo, futhi saba nenhlanhla enkulu njengezingane ukukwazi ukuqoqa inqwaba, egcwele ‘ubhontshisi wenhlanhla’! I-Erythrina lysistemon, eyaziwa kakhulu ngokuthi isihlahla samakhorali noma isihlahla sikabhontshisi wenhlanhla, isitshalo esibalulekile esikweni lamaZulu, sibizwa ngokuthi uMsinsi. Ngokwesayithi elithile igama lesiZulu eliphelele empeleni lithi uMsinsi wukazimilela, okuhunyushwa kokuthi kulapha lapho sivela khona’, okwenza umqondo uma ucabanga indlela isihlahla … Read more