Liberation Heritage Route

I-Transformation ye- Durban’s Promenade

Sekuyiminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amabili selokhu kwaqubuka ubandlululo, kepha akunakuphikwa ukuthi izingxenye ezinkulu zeNingizimu Afrika zisahlukaniswe kakhulu ngokobuhlanga. Ziningi izizathu zalokhu – ifa lokuhlelwa kobandlululo ngokwebala, iguquko kwezomnotho oluhamba kancane, ukufinyelela kwezemfundo – iqiniso ukuthi ingxoxo exakile. Kepha hamba uye ngasogwini lwaseThekwini bese uthola isithombe esihluke kakhulu, abagijimi, abagibeli bamabhayisikili nabatshuzi bezinhlanga zonke beshawa umoya wolwandle! … Read more

Usuku lwenkululeko, i-Satyagraha kanye No. 14 Mercury Lane

UMsombuluko, womhlaka 15 August 2016 uqopha umlando weminyaka engu 69 izwe laseNdiya lathola inkululeko yokuzimela ngaphansi kwengcindezelo yaMaNgisi. Umshikashika owaholela ekuzimeleni kwalelizwe waziwa ngokusebenzisa i-satyagraha, umkhankaso wokungasebenzisi udlame kodwa abantu bangayithobeli imithetho ethile kahulumeni, wawuholwa yinhlangano ye-Indian National Congress, uMongameli wayo wangalesosikhathi kwakungu Mohandas Gandhi. Cishe kwathatha iminyaka eyikhulu ngaphambi kokuthi izwe laseNdiya likwazi ukubuyela … Read more

Sime Ndawonye

Imithetho eyayilawula ukuthi ngubani okwakufanele avote yayihlukile ngokwezifunda zaseNingizimu Afrika, kodwa iqiniso ukuthi umhlaba wawungowabamhlophe kuyibona abanezwi. Nakuba eKapa u 15% wabakhethwa wawuhlanganisa amadoda amnyama ngenxa yenani lamaKhaladi, amaNdiya kanye nabaMnyama ababethenge imizi kulesiyasifundazwe. Unyaka ka 1930, waqala ukuthi abasefazane abamhlophe nabo bavote okwenza ukuthi inani lalabo abansundu eKapa lishabalale ngenxa yamavoti abamhlophe amaningi. Unyaka … Read more

The Tripartite Alliance

With the exception of the African National Congress (ANC), there’s probably no better known political body in South Africa than the tripartite alliance. Bringing together the ANC, the South African Communist Party (SACP) and the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), the alliance forms the cornerstone of the government’s power. The relationship is an … Read more

The Colourful History of Sastri College

Tucked away in the suburb of Greyville sits Sastri College, one of the province’s most important educational and historical institutions. Originally established in 1929 as a secondary school for boys, as well as a teacher’s training centre, over the years the college has served a variety of different functions. The laws of the apartheid government … Read more

UDokotela Dube namaKholwa

Baningi abantu baseThekwini asebeke bahlala odongeni olwakhiwe ngamatshe amancane uma ugudla iAddington Beach kodwa bengazi ngomlando walo. Loludonga lwakhiwa iziboshwa zaMaZulu ngesikhathi seMpi KaBhambatha yango 1906. Lempi eyayiphakathi kwaMaZulu nohulumeni waseNatal ekuqaleni kweminyaka yawo 1900 yayingumphumela wokufika kwabelungu bezohlala ezindaweni zabantu abamnyama, nemithetho yentela eyayikhokhwa imizi eyaholela ekutheni amadoda ashiye imizi yawo ayofuna imisebenzi ukuze … Read more