Bonginkosi Zuma and Steven Kotze from the eThekwini Municipality have written a paper that will be presented at next week’s ICOM conference in Milan. ‘Navigating Freedom: Social cohesion policies and the democratic cultural landscape of Durban’s Liberation Heritage Route’ explores the National Liberation Heritage Route (LHR), a project of the South African National Heritage Council … Read more
Article published in The Daily News The eThekwini Municipality is at an advanced stage in creating a “liberation heritage route” in Durban aimed at honouring the people and places in the city that paved the way for democracy. The project is part of the South African National Heritage Council’s national initiative to commemorate local sites … Read more
Ngenkathi uMasipala weTheku uqamba kabusha imigwaqo yawo eminingi eminyakeni embalwa edlule, omunye wemigwaqo emikhulu yedolobha washintshwa ukuba u-West Street waba u-Dr Pixley KaSeme Street. Ikheli le- Durban City Hall, isakhiwo esinomlando nesibalulekile ngokwenhlangano yenkululeko, lishintshile ngenxa yalokho. Ukuqanjwa kabusha kuka-West Street mhlawumbe kwaba olunye lwezinguquko ezibaluleke kakhulu ezenziwayo futhi kukhomba iqhaza elibalulekile uKaSeme alibamba emlandweni … Read more
Ngo-1906, iNkosi uBhambatha kaMancinza yahola umbuso wamaNgisi ‘eZululand’, iphikisana nalokho okwakwaziwa njengentela yokuvota. Empeleni kusukela ngo-1906 kuya ku-1909, intela yokuvota yayihlangene nezinye izintela ukucindezela abantu abakhuluma isiZulu ohlelweni lwabasebenzi bekoloni. Ezinye izintela – zamadokodo, izinja nomshado – bezilokhu zikhona kusukela cishe ngo-1848 futhi ‘intela yokuvota’ yengeze u- £ 1 ngomuntu ngamunye (okwakulingana no- £ 110 … Read more
Umhlaka-16 Disemba uphambenenomlando waseNingizimu Afrika. Kwabaningi abakhuluma isiBhunu lolu suku kwakuwukugubha ukunqoba kwe-Voortrekkers ukunqoba amaZulu ku-Battle of Blood River ngo-1838 kanti abantu abamnyama baseNingizimu Afrika bathola ukuthi lo mgubho wawucasula, njengoba usuku lwalumele ukulahleka komhlaba kanye nenkululeko ehambisanayo , nokufa kwenduna enkulu yakwaZulu, iNkosi uDingane. Ngesikhathi sokuphela kweminyaka yama-1920 kanye nama-30s, abasebenzi base-Afrika banza imibhikisho … Read more
Usuku lwamaLungelo Abantu, olukusasa eNingizimu Afrika, luyisikhumbuzo futhi lungumgubho. Sikhumbula inqwaba yabantu abafa e-Sharpeville ngomhlaka-21 Mashi 1960, kanye nenqwaba yabanye abafa belwela inkululeko ngesikhathi sobandlululo. Sigubha ibanga esesilihambile njengezwe kusukela ngo-1994 ekwamukeleni amalungelo ezakhamuzi ayisisekelo. La malungelo awumgogodla weentando yeningi kithi, futhi afakwe kuMthethosisekelo wethu, owaziwa njengentuthuko enkulu emhlabeni. Isahluko sesibili soMthethosisekelo siqukethe Umqulu Wamalungelo … Read more