Umhlaka-16 Disemba uphambenenomlando waseNingizimu Afrika. Kwabaningi abakhuluma isiBhunu lolu suku kwakuwukugubha ukunqoba kwe-Voortrekkers ukunqoba amaZulu ku-Battle of Blood River ngo-1838 kanti abantu abamnyama baseNingizimu Afrika bathola ukuthi lo mgubho wawucasula, njengoba usuku lwalumele ukulahleka komhlaba kanye nenkululeko ehambisanayo , nokufa kwenduna enkulu yakwaZulu, iNkosi uDingane. Ngesikhathi sokuphela kweminyaka yama-1920 kanye nama-30s, abasebenzi base-Afrika banza imibhikisho enamandla yokulwa nemikhosi yoSuku lweDingane ngabamhlophe baseNingizimu Afrika. Eminingi yale mibhikisho yayiholwa nguJohannes Nkosi
Wazalelwa eNatali (manje eyiKwaZulu-Natali) ngomhlaka 3 Septhemba 1905, uJohannes Nkosi wathuthela eGoli eqala isigaba sokuba musha, lapho aqashwa khona njengomsebenzi wasendlini. EGoli, wahlangana nefilosofi ye-Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA, osekuyi yi-South African Communist Party), waba yilungu elisemthethweni ngo-1926. Wathuthela eThekwini ngo-1929 kanti uNkosi wazithola esezibandakanya kakhulu ne-CPSA, behlela imihlangano yomphakathi yabasebenzi basezikhungweni zemikhumbi e-Afrika, ngenkathi befundisa esikoleni sasebusuku esiphethwe yi- Party. Ubephinde abhekele ukuthengisa Umsebenzi, i- mouthpiece ye-CPSA.
Izidubedube zikabhiya waseThekwini zangoJuni 1929 yabona ukuqiniswa kweCPSA njengoba abantu abaningi abamnyama baseNingizimu Afrika bebona isidingo sokulwa kakhulu. I-Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) yayithathwa njengenhlangano yabansundu enamandla kunazo zonke eThekwini ngaleso sikhathi, kodwa ukulinganiswa komholi wayo, u-A.W.G. Champion, badumazeka abalandeli bakhe abaningi. Ngenxa yalokho, abantu abaningi base-Afrika baphendukela kuNkosi owayekhuluma ngokukhululeka, owathi enkulumweni yakhe wakhuthaza ukushiswa kwamapasi kanye nokusungulwa kwe-‘South African native republic’
Ngo-Okthoba 1930, uChampion wadingiswa, kwasala isikhala sobuholi eThekwini. NgoDisemba walowo nyaka kuthiwa uJohannes Nkosi waba ngumholi wase-Afrika owayenethonya elikhulu eThekwini.
I-CPSA yaqala umkhankaso ezweni lonke wokushisa ama- passbooks ngomhlaka 16 Disemba 1930, uSuku lukaDingane, olwalungafunwa kakhulu abantu abamnyama baseNingizimu Afrika. Ngesikhathi semibhikisho kube nokuchithela kwegazi phakathi kwamalungu e-Party amaphoyisa abona ababhikishi abaningi, okubalwa kubo noNkosi, belimele kanzima.
Okubuhlungu uJohannes Nkosi wanqotshwa ukulimala ngomhla ka-19 Disemba 1930, wabulawa ukopha ebuchosheni ngemuva kokuhlinzwa okuphuthumayo. Amahlebezi athi washaywa inhlamvu eyodwa ekhanda, kodwa ukuhlolwa kwesidumbu kwaveza ukuthi ugebhezi lwakhe beluklebhukile, nokuthi ubenamanxeba amaningana okugwazwa emzimbeni wonke.
Njengelungu lokuqala le-CPSA ukufela ezandleni zombuso uJohannes Nkosi uthathwa njengowafela inqubekela phambili, kanti ukufa kwakhe kukhunjulwa minyaka yonke yi-ANC kanye ne-SACP ngomhla ka-16 Disemba, manje osugujwa njengoSuku Lokubuyisana,phecelezi i- Day of Reconciliation.
NgoJulayi 1953 kwethulwa isikhumbuzo kuNkosi emathuneni ase-Stellawood eThekwini, kamuva, u-Alice Street enkabeni yeTheku waqanjwe kabusha ngokuthi yiJohannes Nkosi Street ukuhlonipha imihlangano ye-ICU ne-CPSA eyayibanjelwe i-Cartwright Flats, ezinyezezitobhi ze- Durban’s Liberation Heritage Route.
Izithombe ngezilokotho ze-www.sahistory.org.za, pzacad.pitzer.edu kanye ne- www.sacp.org.za