street name changes

Akuselona leli kheli- Kusuka ekubeni uVictoria Embankment kwaba uMargaret Mncadi Street

UVictoria Embankment, obizwa nangokuthi u-Esplanade, ngomunye wemigwaqo emidala eThekwini. Ifolelwe ngabasiki besibhakabhaka be-20th century futhi ligijima kuyo yonke i-Bay, kusuka eMaydon Wharf neSugar Terminal entshonalanga, kudlule itheku lezikebhe kuya ezikhumulweni zabagibeli empumalanga. Laqanjwa ngo-1897 ngemuva kweNdlovukazi uVictoria ngokuhlonipha ijubili ledayimane lokubusa kwakhe futhi liyikhaya lezindawo eziningi ezithakazelisa ngokomlando. UMargaret Mncadi wayengudokotela futhi eyisishoshovu sezepolitiki owaba … Read more

No Longer at This Address – Grey Street/Broad Street to Dr Yusuf Dadoo Street

Grey Street originally ran from Dartnell Crescent near the Greyville Race Course all the way to the Victoria Embank- ment. Some years ago, however, the section between the bay and West Street was renamed Broad Street. Grey Street was named after Earl Henry George Grey, the British Secretary of State for the Colonies during the … Read more

No Longer at This Address – From Durban lCC to Albert Luthuli lCC

Durban’s International Convention Centre has been extremely successful since its inception, helping to make Durban one of the conferencing capitals of the South. The ICC has played host to a variety of events and conferences including the Non-Aligned Movement and the World Conference on Racism. The ICC has recently been expanded, and now includes a … Read more

Akuselona leli kheli – Kusuka ekubeni uGrey Street/Broad Street kwaba uDr Yusuf Dadoo Street

UGrey Street ekuqaleni ubesuka eDartnell Crescent eduzane naseGreyville Race Course aze ayofika kuVictoria Embankment. Eminyakeni ethile edlule, nokho, isigaba esiphakathi kwaleli chweba noWest Street saqanjwa kabusha ngokuthi uBroad Street. UGray Street waqanjwa ngo-Earl Henry George Grey, uNobhala Wombuso WaseBrithani WamaKoloni ngawo-1850. UGray Street uxhunyaniswe ngendlela exakile nomlando wabantu baseNdiya eThekwini. U-Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo wazalelwa eKrugersdrop … Read more

No Longer at This Address – From Commercial Road to Dr AB Xuma Street

Commercial Road shares its name with streets all over the English-speaking world. The first Commercial Road was probably in London, where it was built by the Commercial Road Company. Similarly named Roads are generally named for the economic activity to which they played host when they were built. Today Commercial Road is mostly home to … Read more

No Longer at This Address – From Stanger Street to Stalwart Simelane Street

Stanger Street was named after William Stanger the first Surveyor General of Natal and was intimately involved in giving Durban its currrent form.  Although  Stanger’s achievements are no longer celebrated with a road name, the town of Stangerstill retains his name, as does the Stangeria eriopus, otherwise known as Stanger’s cycad, which Stanger misidentified as … Read more