The Ohlange Native Industrial Institute, as it was known at the time, was founded by the Rev. John Dube in 1901. He was known as Mafukuzela, reflecting his energetic and industrious nature. He became the first President of the South African Native National Congress (SANNC), later to be renamed the African National Congress (ANC). He … Read more
The original wood and iron shop at Motala Farm, owned by the Moonsamy family, is located next to the Temple and is the oldest building in the area. In the 1990’s it became the meeting place for the Assembly of God community. A photograph of it, taken in 1992, can be found in the Pinetown … Read more
Contents 1 Introduction 2 Manilal and Sushila Gandhi 3 Honouring Gandhi 4 Remembering Luthuli 5 Remembering Buthelezi 6 Political Life 7 Sources Introduction Mewa Ramgobin, born on 10 November 1932 in Inanda, Natal, is the grandson of one of the indentured labourers brought from India in the mid-nineteenth century to work on the sugar plantations of Natal. … Read more
Contents1 Birth of Isaiah Shembe2 Birth of the Shembe Reilgion and Church3 Shembe the Prophet4 Ekuphakameni Church5 Annual Pilgrimage6 Shembe Family and Successive Leaders7 Ximba with Mwelela Cele8 Sources Birth of Isaiah ShembeThe Nazareth Baptist Church, also called the Shembe Church (iBandla lamaNazaretha) and the oldest African indigenous Church in South Africa, was founded by … Read more
EFolweni indawo yasemakhaya kodwa eyakhelene nelokishi futhi iseduze komfula ohlukanisa lelilokishi nalendawo. IFolweni lakhelene lazungezwa Umlazi kaBB, iMbumbulu, kanye neAdams. Lena indawo ehluke kakhulu ngempilo yasedolobheni kepha ingaphansi kamasipala weTheku. Into enhle ngalendawo ukuthi abantu bakhona bafuyile, batshalile futhi bakhile. Ungaphika ukuthi isemakhaya ngendlela ekwakhiwe ngakhona Imizi yakhona mihle futhi yakhiwe kahle njengaselokishini abakhelene nalo. … Read more
The city of Durban has many distinctive suburbs with their own history of rich heritage culture. The suburb of Avoca Hills is one such town which was named by a Scottish sugar cane farmer after his hometown in Scotland. Avoca Hills was inhabited mainly by generations of the Indian indentured labourers who has shaped the … Read more