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

Akuselona leli kheli – Kusuka ekubeni uGrey Street/Broad Street kwaba uDr Yusuf Dadoo Street

UGrey Street ekuqaleni ubesuka eDartnell Crescent eduzane naseGreyville Race Course aze ayofika kuVictoria Embankment. Eminyakeni ethile edlule, nokho, isigaba esiphakathi kwaleli chweba noWest Street saqanjwa kabusha ngokuthi uBroad Street. UGray Street waqanjwa ngo-Earl Henry George Grey, uNobhala Wombuso WaseBrithani WamaKoloni ngawo-1850. UGray Street uxhunyaniswe ngendlela exakile nomlando wabantu baseNdiya eThekwini. U-Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo wazalelwa eKrugersdrop … Read more

Akuselona leli kheli – Kusuka ekubeni iDurban lCC kwaba i-Albert Luthuli lCC

I-International Convention Centre yaseThekwini ibe yimpumelelo enkulu selokhu yasungulwa, isiza ukwenza iTheku libe ngelinye lamadolobha yezingqungquthela zaseNingizimu. I-ICC ibambe iqhaza emicimbini kanye nasezingqungqutheleni ezahlukahlukene okubalwa kuzo i-Non-Aligned Movement ne-World Conference on Racism. I-ICC isanda kunwetshwa, futhi manje ifaka inkundla yesimo sokusebenza kwezobuciko (state of the art performance arena). U-Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli wazalwa ekupheleni kwe-19th … Read more

Akuselona leli kheli – Kusuba ekubeni uCommercial Road kwaba uDr AB Xuma Street

UCommercial Road wabelana ngegama lawo nezitaladi kuwo wonke umhlaba okhuluma isiNgisi. Umgwaqo wokuqala wezohwebo mhlawumbe wawuseLondon, lapho wakhiwa khona yiCommercial Road Company. Imigwaqo ebizwa ngokufanayo ibizwa ngokujwayelekile ngomsebenzi wezomnotho ebeziyinxenye lapho yakhiwa. Namuhla uCommercial Road iningi lezitolo zezindwangu futhi yakha umngcele oseningizimu we-Indian Quarter yaseThekwini. U-Alfred Bitini Xuma wazalwa ngo-1893 emndenini ohloniphekile wamaXhosa eTranskei. Kusukela … Read more

Akuselona leli kheli – Kusuka ekubeni uPoint Road kwaba uMahatma Gandhi Road

Yethiwe kanjalo ngoba ihamba eceleni kwesiqeshana somhlaba esincanyana esisogwini lweTheku, akusikho okokuqala ukuthi uPoint Road ashintshwe. Ngesinye isikhathi, sonke isigaba sePhoyinti kusuka kuSmith Street kuya emlonyeni wechweba sasiphethe abaphathi betheku, futhi saqanjwa ngoScott Street ngegama likaJohn Scott owayenguLieutenant- Governer waseNatali kusukela ngo-1856 kuya ku-1864. UMahatma Gandhi uhlala eyisithonjana samazwe onke sokuthula nenkululeko kubo bonke labo … Read more

Akuselona leli kheli – Kusuka ekubeni u-Alice Street kwaba uJohannes Nkosi Street

U-Alice Street waqanjwa ngegama likaGrand Duchess u-Alice Maud Mary waseHesse, indodakazi yesibili yeNdlovukazi uVictoria noPrince Albert. Wazalwa ngo-1843 eBuckingham Palace futhi wabhapathizwa nguMbhishobhi Omkhulu waseCanterbury. U-Alice wagcina eshade neNkosana uLouis waseHesse (iHesse kwakuyisifunda esiseMpumalanga yeJalimane) kepha hhayi ngaphambi kokuncelisa ubaba wakhe ngesikhathi somkhuhlane omncane we-typhoid owathatha impilo yakhe. UJohannes Nkosi wayengomunye wabaholi bokuqala beqembu lamaKhomanisi … Read more