Cato Manor

I-Sharpeville neNdaba yaseCato Manor

Usuku Lomhlaba Wonke Lwamalungelo Abantu lugujwa ngomhlaka 10 Disemba njalo ngonyaka ukuhlonishwa ukwamukelwa kweZizwe Ezihlangene zincela ku- Universal Declaration of Human Rights ngo-1948. Kodwa eNingizimu Afrika sikhumbula uSuku Lwamalungelo Abantu ngomhlaka 21 Mashi, ukukhumbula imicimbi eyenzeka ngalolu suku ngo-1960, ngesikhathi amaphoyisa evulela ngenhlamvu ebhekise kubabhikishi, abulala abantu abangama-69, futhi alimaza kabi abanye abangu-180. Akwaziwa ngokuqiniseka … Read more

Umlando waseCato Manor

ICato Manor esendaweni engamakhilomitha ayisihlanu ukusuka enkabeni yeTheku indawo ecebile ngamagugu amasiko nezepolitiki, yaqanjwa ngemeya yokuqala yeTheku, uGeorge Christopher Cato. Izakhamizi zokuqala zaseCato Manor, izingadi ezimakethe zaseNdiya, uCato athengisela kuzo umhlaba, kamuva zaqashisa imindenini yase-Afrika yayinqatshelwa ukuba nomhlaba. Isiko eliqhakazile, le-Afro-Indian elavela kule ndawo eyabiwe laba uphawu lwendawo. Izakhamizi zakhona ezingamaZulu zazazi inqwaba yemijondolo, amashibhini … Read more

Spaces of Perplexity

Nearly a quarter of a century after South Africa’s first democratic elections were held, the country still grapples with the legacy of apartheid, whether in the form of relationships between people of different races; the massive economic disparity between the rich and poor; or the physical remnants in the form of town planning. KwaMashu was one … Read more

Sharpeville and the Story of Cato Manor

Internationally Human Rights Day is celebrated on the 10th December each year in honour of the United Nations’ adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. But in South Africa we commemorate Human Rights Day on the 21st March, in acknowledgment of the events that took place on this day in 1960, when the police opened fire … Read more

Cato Manor Museum Wins Top Award!

Last year we wrote about the Umkhumbane Cultural and Heritage Museum in Cato Manor. The museum, which forms part of a larger cultural precinct, was designed by local Durban firm, Choromanski Architects, who were awarded the job as part of an architectural competition that took place in 2003. The building, which was one of over 300 … Read more