ILakshmi Pooja: Ukubaluleka kwentambo ebomvu kumaHindu

Ukubaluleka kwezintambo ezibomvu kumkhuba wamaHindu obizwa ngokuthi i-Lakshmi Pooja. Inyanga ka-August iletha uLwesihlanu olubaluleke kakhulu kumaHindu emhlabeni wonke. NgoLwesihlanu olunqunywayo ngo-August (olunqunywa ngokuncike enyangeni) ekhalendeni lamaHindu, amaHindu agcina uLakshmi Pooja enikelwe kunkulunkulukazi uMaha noma uMother Lakshmi kanye nosuku abopha ngalo intambo ebomvu ebonisa ukuzinikela kwabo kunkulunkulukazi. Ukubaluleka kobungulunkulu beLakshmi Ubunkulunkulu  beLakshmi buyingxenye ebalulekile yazo zonke … Read more

UCynthia Shange

Itheku libusisiwe ngabantu abaningi abaphiwe ngezindlela ezahlukene, lapha singabala abalingisi, amaciko, abanamakhono ahlukahlukene njalonjalo. Kulengosi sithi ake sibheke umlando wabanye abazalwe khona la eThekwini sibheke namava akhe kanye nomlando aseke wawuqopha ngaphambilini. Lapha sikhuluma ngowayekade engu nobuhle kodwa manje osengumlingisi kumabonakude ezinhlelweni ezahlukahlukene, uCynthia Shange. UCynthia Shange uzalwe ngonyaka ka-1949, wazalelwa endaweni yase Lamontville, eThekwini. … Read more

Greta Schoeman

Founder of the Highway Hospice and bereavement director of Lasting Post, Greta Schoeman was born in England in 1935 and began her career as a nurse in Britain before moving to South Africa with her husband. Greta trained as a hospice nurse at the Sir Michael Sobell House in Oxford in England and then returned … Read more

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

Amaqhawe aseMlazi-Sandile Zungu

Ilokishi laseMlazi ngelinye lama lokishi amakhulu eNingizimu Afrika, kahle kahle nje uMlazi ilokishi lesibili ngobukhulu kulelizwe lilandela ngemuva ilokishi iSouth Western Township (SOWETO) ngobukhulu. Ingakho ke nje kungamangazi ukuthi inabantu abaningi abadume eNingizimu Afrika ngokuhlukahlukana kwemisebenzi yabo kanye namagalelo abo. Kulokhu ke sethula usomabhizinisi ophinde abe ngumholi ezinkampanini ezahlukene uMnumnzane Sandile Zungu ongumphathi weqembu lamaZulu. … 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