street name changes

Akuselona leli kheli – Kusuka ekubeni uNorthern Freeway kwaba uRuth First Freeway

Umgwaqo u-M4 Northern Freeway uhlanganisa iTheku namaphethelo asenyakatho ne-KZN North Coast (ngenkathi uM4 Southern Freeway uxhuma i-CBD nesikhumulo sezindiza i-Durban International kanye ne-KZN South Coast). Umgwaqo onguthelawayeka waseNyakatho wumgwaqo obalulekile osendleleni eya edolobheni futhi wagcina ukwenziwa ngcono ngo-2004. Isithombe ngakwesobunxele sikhombisa iDurban North ngawo-1930, kulokho okwakuzoba yiNorthern Freeway. URuth First wazalelwa eGoli ngo-1925. Wajoyina iqembu … Read more

Akuselona leli kheli – Kusuka ekubeni uNMR Avenue kwaba uMasabalala Yengwa Avenue

UNMR Avenue waqanjwa ngomunye wemikhakha emidala kunayo yonke eNingizimu Afrika, iNatal Mounted Rifles, esesekhona njengamanje ekhombisa ukubalwa kwabantu ngama-21st century eThekwini. Indlunkulu yaseNatal Mounted Rifles isekhoneni lalapho okwakunguNMR Avenue noWalter Gilbert Road. Isakhiwo esihle sesimanjemanje esaziwa ngeNMR House kwake kwaba yisakhiwo sezindiza iStamford Hill. UMasabalala Bonnie Yengwa wazalwa ngo-1923 eduzane naKwa- Maphumulo eNatali. Wathonywa kakhulu … Read more

Akuselona leli kheli – Ukuqanjwa kabusha kwemigwaqo yaseThekwini

Ngasekuqaleni kuka-2007 iningi le-African National Congress kuMasipala weTheku lagunyaza inqubo yokuqanjwa kabusha kwamagama emigwaqweni eyaholela ekuqanjweni kabusha kwemigwaqo evelele engaphezu kwekhulu ngemuva kwabantu abahlukahlukene abalwa nemibuso yamakholoni nobandlululo. Lenqubo yaholela ezingeni elingakaze libonwe lomphakathi kanye nempikiswano. Phakathi kokushintshwa kwamagama okuqala kwakhulu zedolobha nezikhulu zamasosha, amayunithi, izakhiwo nemicimbi, kanye nezakhamizi ezinethonya, eziningi zazo ezabuyela emuva ngawo-1850s. … Read more

No Longer at This Address – From Point Road to Mahatma Gandhi Road

So named because it runs along the the narrow strip of land that borders the harbour, this is not the first time that Point Road has changed its identity. At one time, the whole section of the Point from Smith Street to the mouth of the bay was in the charge of the harbour authorities, … Read more

No Longer at This Address – From Jan Smuts Highway to King Cetshwayo Highway

King Cetshwayo kaMpande, after whom Jan Smuts Highway in Durban is now named, is considered to be the last king of an independent Zulu kingdom. Apparently standing at nearly two metres tall, and weighing in excess of 150kgs, Cetshwayo showed his might by first taking control of his father’s kingdom while King Mpande was still alive, and then going … Read more

No Longer at This Address – From King George V Avenue to Mazisi Kunene Avenue

Last week we wrote about the book, Emperor Shaka the Great, which is finally being published in its original isiZulu. This week we thought that we would focus on its author, Professor Mazisi Kunene, freedom fighter, literary icon and poet. Kunene spent much of his adult life abroad, but never lost ties with his fellow activists back home, actively … Read more