Bonginkosi Zuma and Steven Kotze from the eThekwini Municipality have written a paper that will be presented at next week’s ICOM conference in Milan. ‘Navigating Freedom: Social cohesion policies and the democratic cultural landscape of Durban’s Liberation Heritage Route’ explores the National Liberation Heritage Route (LHR), a project of the South African National Heritage Council … Read more
Article published in The Daily News The eThekwini Municipality is at an advanced stage in creating a “liberation heritage route” in Durban aimed at honouring the people and places in the city that paved the way for democracy. The project is part of the South African National Heritage Council’s national initiative to commemorate local sites … Read more
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
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
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
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