Igama lika-Rick Turner lingaziwa inoma ubani oseke wachitha isikhathi eNyuvesi yaKwaZulu-Natal. Kukhona ibhilidi labafundi eliqanjwe ngegama lakhe, kube khona umfundaze obizwa ngegama lakhe kanti ingxenye yayo inyuvesi incike eduze komgwaqo oqanjwe ngalo igama lika-Rick Turner. Khona kunjalo, ngabe bangaki abazi kabanzi ngomlando kaDokotela Richard Albert Turner? Wazalelwa eNtshonalanga Kapa ngowe-1941 kubazali bokufika ababevela eNgilandi. Waphothula … Read more
This Sunday we commemorate the anniversary of the Soweto Uprising, which culminated on the 16th June 1976 when hundreds of youth were killed at the hands of the state. It’s widely accepted that the student protests were a response to the government’s intention to introduce Afrikaans as the compulsory medium of instruction in schools. But … Read more
Njengoba silindele ukungena onyakeni omusha kubonakala kuyisikhathi esihle sokuxoxa indaba eyenzeka eminyakeni engamashumi amathathu edlule yokweqa kukaDonald Woods eNingizimu Afrika. Ngalesosikhathi uWoods wayengumhleli wephaphandaba laseMonti, i-Daily Dispatch wayenikwe isigwebo seminyaka emihlanu sokungasebenzi ngemuva kokuboshwa kwakhe esikhumulweni sezindiza ezama ukubaleka. Ngemuva kweminyaka eminingi ephikisana nohulumeni uWoods wabona ukuthi indlela izinto ezenzeka ngayo eNingizimu Afrika sezifinyelele lapho engasakwazi … Read more
This evening the University of KwaZulu-Natal will host their annual Steve Biko Memorial Lecture, to commemorate the 41st anniversary of Steve Biko’s death. On the 18th August 1977, Biko and his associate, Peter Jones, were stopped at a routine road block near Grahamstown. When the police recognised the men, they were arrested under the Terrorism Act … Read more
If you are in Gauteng tomorrow, then do yourself a favour and head on down to the University of Pretoria. The Faculty of Humanities will be hosting the launch of Ian Macqueen’s recently published book, Black Consciousness and Progressive Movements under Apartheid. A synopsis of the book notes that the Black Consciousness (BC) movement tends to be viewed in … Read more
Anyone who has spent time at the University of KwaZulu-Natal will be familiar with the name Rick Turner. There’s the Rick Turner Students’ Union Building, the Rick Turner Scholarship, and part of the university campus lies on Rick Turner Road. But how many people actually know the story of Dr Richard Albert Turner? Born in the Western … Read more