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
Izibongo zika Nandi no Mkabayi Njengoba kulenyanga edlule (Ncwaba) bekubungazwa ngayo igalelo labesimame kuleli, ngithi nje ake ngilobe ngezibongo zembokodo ebeneqhaza elikhulu embusweni kaZulu, ngokuzala amakhosi kanye nokusikhulisela wona lamakhosi belu. Lana sibala Indlovukazi uNandi inzalabantu, unina weLemb’ eleqa amanye amalembe ngokukhalipha, ngisho uNodumehlezi kaMenzi. Kanye nengculabuchopho, uMkabayi kaJama. UNandi! USomnqeni. UMathanga kawahlangani, Ahlangana ngokubon’umyeni. … Read more
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