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

Jeff Thamsanqa Radebe

Jeffrey Thamsanqa “Jeff” Radebe was born in Cato Manor in Durban in 1953 and lived there until 1958 when his family was forcibly removed to Kwa-Mashu. He obtained a B. Juris Degree from the University of Zululand in 1976; LLM in International Law from Leipzig University and studied at the Lenin International School, Moscow. Radebe … Read more

Akuselona leli kheli – Kusuka ekubeni uWindermere Road kwaba uLillian Ngoyi Road

Kulolu chungechunge lokubhala nge- No Longer at This Address (Akuselona leli kheli), sibheka umlando womuntu siqu ngemuva kwamagama emigwaqo emisha eThekwini, futhi njengoba lo Mgqibelo kunguSuku Lwabesifazane eNingizimu Afrika kubonakale kufanelekile ukuthi sihloniphe omunye wabantu abakhulu baseNingizimu Afrika abaholi besifazane, uLillian Masediba Ngoyi. Umgwaqo uLilian Ngoyi, phambilini owawunguWindemere Road, waqanjwa ngegama lowesifazane wokuqala owakhethwa ekomidini … Read more

Durban’s Elephant Sculpture

Earlier this year the elephants sculpture located in the city’s Warwick Precinct was again vandalised. This shocking and destructive act has led to the decision to have the sculpture relocated to the beach promenade. Earlier incident The sculpture by artist Andries Botha is made out of a wire frame filled with stones. This artwork was … Read more

Wafela ukuthula

Namhlanje kubalwa iminyaka engamashumi amabili nanhlanu kwabulawa u-Chris Hani, isenzo esaphazamisa izingxoxo ezazibucayi zokudlulisa amandla kuhulumeni wobandlululo eya kuhulumeni wentando yeningi. Kunzima ukukholelwa kulokhu emva kweminyaka eminingi kangaka eseyadlula, kodwa u-Chris Hani wayethandwa kakhulu eNingizimu Afrika. Futhi abaningi babekholelwa ukuthi i-SACP yayingayihlula i-ANC okhethweni uma u-Hani wayesangamholi. Ngaphambi kokuthi aqokelwe isikhundla sokuba nguNobhala Jikelele weSACP … Read more

The Tripartite Alliance

With the exception of the African National Congress (ANC), there’s probably no better known political body in South Africa than the tripartite alliance. Bringing together the ANC, the South African Communist Party (SACP) and the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), the alliance forms the cornerstone of the government’s power. The relationship is an … Read more