Durban

Akuselona leli kheli- Kusuka ekubeni uVictoria Embankment kwaba uMargaret Mncadi Street

UVictoria Embankment, obizwa nangokuthi u-Esplanade, ngomunye wemigwaqo emidala eThekwini. Ifolelwe ngabasiki besibhakabhaka be-20th century futhi ligijima kuyo yonke i-Bay, kusuka eMaydon Wharf neSugar Terminal entshonalanga, kudlule itheku lezikebhe kuya ezikhumulweni zabagibeli empumalanga. Laqanjwa ngo-1897 ngemuva kweNdlovukazi uVictoria ngokuhlonipha ijubili ledayimane lokubusa kwakhe futhi liyikhaya lezindawo eziningi ezithakazelisa ngokomlando. UMargaret Mncadi wayengudokotela futhi eyisishoshovu sezepolitiki owaba … Read more

No Longer at This Address – Grey Street/Broad Street to Dr Yusuf Dadoo Street

Grey Street originally ran from Dartnell Crescent near the Greyville Race Course all the way to the Victoria Embank- ment. Some years ago, however, the section between the bay and West Street was renamed Broad Street. Grey Street was named after Earl Henry George Grey, the British Secretary of State for the Colonies during the … Read more

No Longer at This Address – From Durban lCC to Albert Luthuli lCC

Durban’s International Convention Centre has been extremely successful since its inception, helping to make Durban one of the conferencing capitals of the South. The ICC has played host to a variety of events and conferences including the Non-Aligned Movement and the World Conference on Racism. The ICC has recently been expanded, and now includes a … Read more

Akuselona leli kheli – Kusuka ekubeni uGrey Street/Broad Street kwaba uDr Yusuf Dadoo Street

UGrey Street ekuqaleni ubesuka eDartnell Crescent eduzane naseGreyville Race Course aze ayofika kuVictoria Embankment. Eminyakeni ethile edlule, nokho, isigaba esiphakathi kwaleli chweba noWest Street saqanjwa kabusha ngokuthi uBroad Street. UGray Street waqanjwa ngo-Earl Henry George Grey, uNobhala Wombuso WaseBrithani WamaKoloni ngawo-1850. UGray Street uxhunyaniswe ngendlela exakile nomlando wabantu baseNdiya eThekwini. U-Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo wazalelwa eKrugersdrop … 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

Akuselona leli kheli – King Dinuzulu Road

Ngokubuyekaza isibili emagameni emigwaqo amasha aseThekwini , besicabanga  ukubheka umgwaqo odabula enkabeni yedolobha lethu, futhi osingatha umjaho odumile weComrades Marathon obakhona minyaka yonke. Umgwaqo iBerea, manje osekuyiKing Dinuzulu Road, ‘uyisango’ eliya eThekwini, iTollgate Bridge yakha uphawu olukhulu lokwamukela! Njengombono wabantu wokuqala ngeTheku kubukeka kufanelekile ukuthi lo mgwaqo uqanjwe ngegama lenkosi yamaZulu. INkosi uDinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868 … Read more