AmaNdiya aseNingizimu Afrika

IChatsworth

IChatsworth iyilokishi elidlondlobalayo eliseningizimu yeTheku. Laziwa ngokuhlala abantu abafuduswa ngesikhathi sombuso wobandlululo. Ilokishi lamaNdiya amasiko awo angamanye amasiko aziwayo eThekwini futhi angumphumela  weGroup Areas Act. Okuqukethwe IGroup Areas Act Isikhala esiphakathi kwezindawo zokuhlala abamhlophe kanye nelokishi lase-Afrika Umuzwa Ojulile Womphakathi Ithempeli Lokuqonda Abampofu baseChatsworth IGroup Areas Act Ngo-1940, iThe Pegging Acts kanye neGhetto Act zaphasiswa. … Read more

USolwazi Fatima Meer

Wazalwa ngo-1928, ku-Gray Street, eThekwini. UFatima wafunda e-Durban Indian Girls High School wabe esedlulela e-University of Natal, lapho aphothula khona iziqu ze-Masters kwi-Sociology. UFatima wakhuliswa esimeni esasazi kakhulu ukucwaswa ngokobuhlanga futhi esamenza waba ngumvikeli ongakhathali wabacindezelwe. Ukusuka ngo-1946 kuya ku-1948 Meer wasungula iKomidi Lokuphikiswa Kwabafundi. Usizile ukusungula uphiko lwabesifazane baseThekwini ukwakha ubuhlobo phakathi kwama-Afrika namaNdiya, … Read more

UMkhosi weMariamman eThekwini, KwaZulu Natali

Ngenkathi abantu baseNdiya behlala eThekwini eminyakeni engaphezu kwekhulu eyedlule, abagcinanga ngokuzijwayeza nezimo kepha baletha nemikhuba yabo yamasiko esasetshenziswa kakhulu nanamuhla. Umkhosi waminyaka yonke weMariamman Festival ungesinye sezibonelo ezinjalo. Ukuthokozela ukwehluka kwamasiko eThekwini ukukuqonda, futhi eThekwini sinenhlanhla eyanele yokufunda ngesiko lomunye nomunye njengoba sigcina futhi sihlanganyela kulamasiko. Kuwo wonke amasiko kunesiphakamiso sokubonga kumandla aphakeme aphethe futhi … Read more

Indlu eyakhiwa uGV Naidu

ITheku linesikhathi eside ngokwendawo yalo enhle nezindawo ezingamagugu, ezicebile, abantu abahlukahlukene, umuntu ngamunye enza umlando wakhe. Lezi zakhiwo zixoxa indaba yezepolitiki, ezenhlalo nezomnotho ezidale izinkumbulo nezifundo ezibalulekile emlandweni. Ngenkathi abokufika abangamaNdiya befika eThekwini, akubona bonke ababenenhloso yokuba yizisebenzi ezingabhalisiwe. UMnumzane Gurusamy Veerasamy, owaziwa ngo-G.V. UNaidu, weza eThekwini njengosomabhizinisi efuna amathemba angcono. Wakha indlu  oGwini Olusenyakatho … Read more

U-Alicia noMerischa Naicker

UMerischa Naicker no-Alicia Naicker, baneminyaka eyishumi amabili nanye. Bangabantu abasha abazalelwa endaweni yaseThekwini. Yize beziqgaja ngokuba izakhamuzi zaseNingizimu Afrika, kabanamahloni ngemvelaphi yabo yaseNdiya. UMerischa no-Alicia babalwa ezigidini zamaNdiya ahlala eNingizimu Afrika. Alikho izwe ngaphandle kwaseNdiya elinabantu abaningi abadabuka eNdiya njengeNingizimu Afrika. Nansi ividiyo ka-Alicia noMerischa bezigqaja ngemvelaphi yabo yaseNdiya futhi bejabulisa izihlwele emcimbini we-Umkomaas Secondary Has … Read more

Banana leaves in Indian culinary tradition – Durban, KwaZulu-Natal

Contents Introduction Eco-friendly kitchen tool Banana leaf plates Dishing up on a banana leaf Medicinal properties of banana leaves Introduction When indentured labourers came to South Africa 150 years ago from India, they brought much of their culture and customs with them, and with it the use of banana leaves in culinary customs. The banana … Read more