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No Longer at This Address – From King George V Avenue to Mazisi Kunene Avenue

Last week we wrote about the book, Emperor Shaka the Great, which is finally being published in its original isiZulu. This week we thought that we would focus on its author, Professor Mazisi Kunene, freedom fighter, literary icon and poet. Kunene spent much of his adult life abroad, but never lost ties with his fellow activists back home, actively … Read more

Professor Mazisi Kunene

The late Professor Mazisi Kunene will be honoured as part of the University of KwaZulu Natal’s Time of the Writer festival taking place from the 13th-18th March 2017. Kunene’s iconic book, Emperor Shaka the Great, has finally been published in its native isiZulu, and is being launched as part of this year’s festival. UNodomehlezi KaMenzi, as the book is known in Zulu, was … Read more

Coming Home….

As founding president of the South African Native National Congress (later the ANC), Reverend John Dube is a name known to most South Africans, but what many people aren’t aware of is the important work carried out by his wife, Nokutela MaMdima Dube. An ardent supporter of the work of her husband, and an activist in her … Read more

No Longer At This Address – Dr Langalibalele Dube Street

This past Sunday marked the 105th anniversary of the founding of the ANC. Originally called the South African Native National Congress (SANNC), the political organisation was formed on the 8th January 1912, in response, in part, to the Natives Land Act which once passed into law would create separate reserves for black people, and prohibit … Read more