The Lucky Bean Tree

Growing up in Durban we were lucky enough to be treated to the vibrant red flowers of the amazing coral tree, and even luckier as children to be able to collect the pods, filled with ‘lucky beans’! Erythrina lysistemon, known commonly as the coral tree or lucky bean tree, is an important plant in Zulu culture, … Read more

Isihlambezo sabantu besifazane

Ziningi izinto abantu besifazane uma bekhulelwe noma sebezobeletha bazilandela okunye okuyizinkolelo okunye okuyimikhuba nje. Esikhathini sakudala nezibhedlela zingakabikhona abantu abadala babesebenzisa imithi yokwelapha yesintu ukusiza labo abagulayo. Umuntu wesifazane okhulelwe naye kwakubakhona imithi ayiphuziswayo ngezigaba zokukhulelwa kakhe. Isihlambezo umuthi wesintu ohlanganiswa umuntu wesifazane osemdala elungiselela ukuthi okhulelwe akwazi ukuthi uma esebeletha kungabinzima. Ezindaweni zasemakhaya abantu … Read more

Isihlahla sesigqiki somkhovu

Umnumzane uSimon Radebe owazalwa ngomhlaka 11 Novemba 1955 ohlala endaweni yaseNew Town eNanda ungubaba wezingane ezimbili kanye nomzukulu oyedwa. Uxoxe ngemisebenzi eyenziwa isihlahla esaziwa ngesigqiki somkhovu. Kuthiwa lesihlahla kufanele ubenencwadi esemthethweni yokuba naso kodwa kuyenzeka ukuthi abantu babenaso ngoba besifice endaweni sizimilele ezindaweni ezisemahlanzeni. Kuthiwa zihlukene izigaba ezimbili kodwa zenza umsebenzi owodwa. UMnumzane Radebe usebenza … Read more