Places – Page 2 – The Ulwazi Programme

Umlando wendawo yaseTafuleni, eNanda

ETafuleni yindawo yaseNanda, eyindawo yasemaphandleni. Abantu bakhona banezindawo ezinkulu bayalima kanti kunanezimoba. Ngibe sengiba nengxoxo noGogo Louise Sithole ohlala khona eTafuleni osixoxele ngokuqanjwa kwalendawo. Wazalelwa endaweni yaseXobho ngonyaka ka 1940 ngo June 19. Endaweni yaseNanda walethwa ngumsebenzi wafikela endaweni yaseNtuzuma. Njengamanje uhlala eTafuleni emzini owayehlala namaNdiya khona. Uthi amaNdiya ayehlala nawo asuswa ngumasipala. Uthi umuzi … Read more

Umlando WakwaMzimela Nezithakazelo Zabo

Izithakazelo Mzimela! Mnguni! Lwandle olungawelwa Luwelwa zinkonjane zona ezindizela phezulu Mahlab’ angadli Ngoba udl’ umkhonto Mwelase! Ongaweli ngezibuko! Owela ngempambuse zomfula Umaginind’ umuntu ngomkhonto UDlubu lwahlutshwa ekhasini Gumede! Mbizeni! Ntaka! Sheleza! Mzungwanya, Dimbani; Donda kaMlimandlela Mfuyi wamatshe, Mnguni ! Mfeka Abasab’ amacokana Nzungane kaMagxega KaNtonga yethusi. Lwazi, Maconi AbaZimela ngentonga yethusi Abafokazana bezimelelela ngomhlanga Umlando wabo … Read more

August Hammar – Government Surveyor, 1890-1915

Contents 1 Swedish Oskarsberg Mission 2 Soldier 3 Surveyor 4 Adventurer 5 Artist Swedish Oskarsberg Mission Augustus Hammar, a 22-year-old newly qualified civil engineer from Sweden, arrived in Durban in January 1879. Not being able to afford the post cart fare to the Transvaal, he set out on foot to the Swedish Church Mission at … Read more

Beaches in Durban, kwaZulu-Natal

Background The city of Durban boasts a wealth of coastal resources along its 97 km of coastline. These include rocky shores, mangrove forests, coral reefs, coastal forests, wetlands and sandy beaches. Of these, the least studied and most underappreciated are sandy beaches. It has often been pointed out that it is these neglected ecosystems that … Read more

Marianridge

Contents 1 History of the Coloured Residents of Mariannridge, by Hazel England, Pinetown Museum, October 1995.2 Pre-History3 Sarnia Factory4 Early Marianridge resident Mrs Ellen July with son Joseph, circa 1923. Copyright C. July. Early Education5 Education in the 1940s6 Second World War, 1939-19457 Indian Riots, 19498 Coloured area at Sunrise Farm, 19569 Hill Street Housing, … Read more

Umlando Wokuqanjwa Kwendawo yaseMshayazafe, eNanda

EMshayazafe indawo yaseNanda eseduze nasoHlange. Igama lalendawo laqanjwa ngezikhathi zobandlululo, ngezikhathi eNanda kusahlala amaNdiya eduze nabantu abamnyama. AmaNdiya asuka kulendawo ngezikhathi zezimpi futhi nobugebengu bubuningi kakhulu. Kuthiwa indlela ubugebengu obabande ngayo kulendawo kwasekuholela ekutheni nezigebengu zangaphandle kwendawo zithole indawo yokugila imikhuba yazo. Ngenxa yalokhu umphakathi wahlangana waxoxisana ngobugebengu nekwakufanele bakwenze. Umphakathi wavumelana ngokuthi kufanele kukhethwe … Read more