Dr Pixley KaSeme

Umhlaba Ungowethu

Ngenkathi uMasipala weTheku uqamba kabusha imigwaqo yawo eminingi eminyakeni embalwa edlule, omunye wemigwaqo emikhulu yedolobha washintshwa ukuba u-West Street waba u-Dr Pixley KaSeme Street. Ikheli le- Durban City Hall, isakhiwo esinomlando nesibalulekile ngokwenhlangano yenkululeko, lishintshile ngenxa yalokho. Ukuqanjwa kabusha kuka-West Street mhlawumbe kwaba olunye lwezinguquko ezibaluleke kakhulu ezenziwayo futhi kukhomba iqhaza elibalulekile uKaSeme alibamba emlandweni … Read more

Akuselona leli kheli – Kusuka ekubeni uWest Street Kwaba uDr Pixley kaSeme Street

UWest Street kufanele kube ngomunye wemigwaqo edume kakhulu eThekwini, edabula phakathi nendawo enkabeni yedolobha (CBD). Lomgwaqo waqanjwa kabusha ngo-2007 ukuhlonipha ummeli wokuqala omnyama waseNingizimu Afrika, uDokotela Pixley KaSeme. Umshana kaJohn Dube, uKaSeme wathuthela eMelika wayofunda eColumbia University, kwathi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi wathuthela eNgilandi eyofunda ezomthetho e-Oxford University. Ngo-1911 uKaSeme wabuyela eNingizimu Afrika futhi waba neqhaza elikhulu … Read more

ITownship renewal: KwaMashu

Amalokishi amaningi aseThekwini ayalungiswa ngaphansi kohlelo olubizwa ngokuthi iTownship renewal: developing KwaMashu. Kusuka ngonyaka ka-2016 uMasipala weTheku uzibophezele ekulungiseni indawo yaKwaMashu ngokulungisa izindawo okubalwa kuzo iKwaMashu Station Traders Market, Inanda kanye neNtuzuma. Ukulungiswa kwalendawo yakwaMashu kufaka nokulungiswa komgwaqo obizwa ngokuthi uMalandela Road, wona oqalwe kabushwa ukulungiswa baphinde bakha nendawo yokuhamba kwamabhasi iGo Durban la azothatha … Read more

The Land is Ours

Salt March 2014

When eThekwini Municipality renamed a number of its roads a few years back, one of the city’s main arterial roads was changed from West Street to Dr Pixley KaSeme Street. The address of the Durban City Hall, a historic building and important site in terms of the liberation movement, changed as as result. The renaming of West … Read more

No Longer at This Address – From West Street to Dr Pixley kaSeme Street

West Street has to be one of Durban’s most famous roads, running right through the centre of the CBD. The road was renamed in 2007 in honour of South Africa’s first black lawyer, Dr Pixley KaSeme. Nephew of John Dube, KaSeme moved to America to study at Columbia University, and later moved to England to … Read more