Apartheid Archives - The Ulwazi Programme

Ikhulu leminyaka: Kukhunjulwa uMbhishobhi Omkhulu uDenis Eugene Hurley

UNovemba 9 umaka iminyaka engu-105 selokhu kwazalwa uMbhishobhi Omkhulu waseThekwini uDenis Hurley. Wayengumphikisi owayenomdlandla futhi enolaka embusweni wobandlululo futhi wayaziwa ngokuzinikela kwakhe kwezobulungiswa kwezenhlalo kanye nezinhloso zenkululeko, iqiniso kanye nokulingana. Mhlawumbe ngaphezu kwakhokonke, wayaziwa njengesibani sethemba esiqondisayo phakathi nobumnyama bobandlululo. Ubaba wakhe wabe eyisibani sethemba, kanjalo, umbhali odumile u-Alan Paton wambiza ngokuthi “umqaphi wokukhanya “guardian … Read more

Akuselona leli kheli – kusuka ekubeni iDavenport Road kwaba iHelen Joseph Road

Ngomhlaka 9 Agasti 1956 izinkulungwane zabesifazane bazo zonke izinhlanga bamasha baya e-Union Buildings ePitoli. Inhloso yabo kwakuwukuhambisa uhlu lwezikhalazo kuNdunankulu wangaleso sikhathi, u J.G. Strijdom, ukuphikisana nemithetho yamapasi owawuthi abantu abamnyama base-Afrika ukuthi baphathe uhla lwamadokhumenti, okufaka phakathi isithombe, amarekhodi okuqashwa, ukukhokhwa kwentela kanye namarekhodi obugebengu, okwenza uhulumeni akwazi ukuqhubeka nokuvimba ukuhamba kwabantu abangebona abamhlophe. Bekungekho … Read more

Akuselona leli kheli – Kusuka ekubeni uCowey Road kwaba uProblem Mkhize Road

Njengba kunezinguquko ezweni lonkana sicabanga ukuthi umqondo omuhle ukuthi sibhale ngomlando omncane waseNingizimu Afrika, wakamuva nowedlule. Akubonakali kungenzeka, kodwa cishe eminyakeni eyisikhombisa edlule lapho impi namagama emigwaqo yaseThekwini yaqala. Emizamweni yokwamukela omunye umlando waseNingizimu Afrika owawukhohlakala kaula ngesikhathi sobandlululo, amagama emigwaqo eThekwini amaningi aguqulwa ngo-2007. Izinguquko azizange zithathwe kahle, futhi kwalandela izimpi zenkantolo ezinde nezingxoxo … Read more

uAhmed Kathrada (21 August 1929-28 March 2017)

Namuhla, iNingizimu Afrika izilele ukudlula emhlabeni kwesishoshovu sepolitiki, neqhawe lomzabalazo, uAhmed Mohamed Kathrada. Ngesikhathi ethula inkulumo kwi SAFM wabuzwa ukuthi angathanda ukukhunjulwa kanjani? Waphendula wathi, ‘Njengomuntu ozamile ukuba nomthelela. Sazama.’ Uma ubheka udaba lwaleqhawe kusobala ukuthi uAhmed Kathrada kuningi akwenza kunokuzama. Baziwa kakhulu ngo ‘Uncle Kathy’, impokophelo yakhe yabonakala esemncane – eneminyaka eyi 12 waba … Read more

The Unfriendly Ghosts

If you’re old enough to remember the original A-Team, you’ll likely also have a clear memory of the massive tanks that would roll up and down South African streets in times of unrest during the apartheid years. But while the A-Team were members of a fictitious US Special Army Force, the men driving the armored … Read more

Inhlangano Yabafundi: South African Students Organisation

Inhlangano Yabafundi: South African Students Organisation Umbhikisho wabafundi obunedumela kulonyaka odlule uthi awufane nombhikisho owenzeka eminyakeni engaphezu kwamashumi amane edlule lapho amalungu enhlangano yabafundi i-National Union of South African Students ahlubuka aqala inhlangano eyaziwa nge South African Students Organisation (SASO). Nakuba umshikashika we-Fees Must Fall ubonwa sengathi wawufuna ushintsho lwenzeke ngokushesha, kanjalo nemibono yamalunga e-SASO … Read more