I-Sharpeville neNdaba yaseCato Manor

Usuku Lomhlaba Wonke Lwamalungelo Abantu lugujwa ngomhlaka 10 Disemba njalo ngonyaka ukuhlonishwa ukwamukelwa kweZizwe Ezihlangene zincela ku- Universal Declaration of Human Rights ngo-1948. Kodwa eNingizimu Afrika sikhumbula uSuku Lwamalungelo Abantu ngomhlaka 21 Mashi, ukukhumbula imicimbi eyenzeka ngalolu suku ngo-1960, ngesikhathi amaphoyisa evulela ngenhlamvu ebhekise kubabhikishi, abulala abantu abangama-69, futhi alimaza kabi abanye abangu-180. Akwaziwa ngokuqiniseka … Read more

I-Sharpeville Massacre

Isehlakalo somhlaka 21 Mashi 1960, kamuva esaziwa ngokuthi yi-Sharpeville Massacre, esinye sezikhathi ezethusayo kakhulu emlandweni waseNingizimu Afrika. Kunezinhlobo ezahlukahlukene zendaba – abanye abantu babike ukuthi abesilisa nabesifazane ababebuthene esiteshini samaphoyisa e-Sharpeville babebhikisha ngokuthula, kanti abanye bethi isixuku besijikijela amatshe – kodwa okungaphikiswa muntu ukuthi inqwaba yabantu baseNingizimu Afrika balahlekelwe yimiphefumulo yabo ezandleni zamaphoyisa aseNingizimu Afrika, … Read more

I-Transformation ye- Durban’s Promenade

Sekuyiminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amabili selokhu kwaqubuka ubandlululo, kepha akunakuphikwa ukuthi izingxenye ezinkulu zeNingizimu Afrika zisahlukaniswe kakhulu ngokobuhlanga. Ziningi izizathu zalokhu – ifa lokuhlelwa kobandlululo ngokwebala, iguquko kwezomnotho oluhamba kancane, ukufinyelela kwezemfundo – iqiniso ukuthi ingxoxo exakile. Kepha hamba uye ngasogwini lwaseThekwini bese uthola isithombe esihluke kakhulu, abagijimi, abagibeli bamabhayisikili nabatshuzi bezinhlanga zonke beshawa umoya wolwandle! … Read more

USolwazi Fatima Meer: isishoshovu, umbhali, isifundiswa, umholi womphakathi, kanye ne-icon yamalungelo abantu

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

Ikhulu leminyaka: Kukhunjulwa uMbhishobhi Omkhulu uDenis Eugene Hurley

UNovemba 9 umaka iminyaka engu-105 selokhu kwazalwa uMbhishobhi Omkhulu waseThekwini uDenis Hurley. Wayengumphikisi owayenomdlandla futhi enolaka embusweni wobandlululo futhi wayaziwa ngokuzinikela kwakhe kwezobulungiswa kwezenhlalo kanye nezinhloso zenkululeko, iqiniso kanye nokulingana. Mhlawumbe ngaphezu kwakhokonke, wayaziwa njengesibani sethemba esiqondisayo phakathi nobumnyama bobandlululo. Ubaba wakhe wabe eyisibani sethemba, kanjalo, umbhali odumile u-Alan Paton wambiza ngokuthi “umqaphi wokukhanya “guardian … Read more

Kukhunjulwa uMorris Fynn ngemibhikisho yakhe yokuhlukaniswa kwamacala emabhishi aseThekwini

Njengoba amabhishi ezweni lonke avalwa ngemizamo yokunqanda ukusabalala kweCovid-19, kwaba nenkulumo-mpikiswano mayelana nokuvulwa kwawo kabusha , kufanele kucatshangwe ngemilando eyimpikiswano yokushiywa ngaphandle ogwini lwethu lwaseNingizimu Afrika. Kuhle  ukukhumbula abantu baseThekwini abanesibindi, njengoMorris Fynn, ababhikishela le mithetho engenabulungiswa.. Abantu abahamba olwandle lwaseThekwini bakhuthazelele ukuhlukaniswa selokhu kwasungulwa iBay Beach yaseThekwini ngo-1857. Lolu hlobo lokuhlukaniswa ngokobuhlanga lwabekwa emthethweni … Read more