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The arch agitator of the Union by Shula Marks, 31 January 2019

… clerks and organisers. To quote Chief Justice de Waal, Champion was “in many respects a remarkable man. Of good Zulu parentage, well educated, in the prime of life, held in high esteem by and exercising great influence over his fellows, … a spell on the Rand, he served as a special constable in Dundee and Babanango, part of his duties being to spy on the Zulu royal family. His mother, Nomazembe Cele, persuaded him, however, “to leave the police and get other employment ... …

The Pioneers

… article dating from 1937 Rebecca Hoi Reyher explains why a carver by the name of Abenig came to work as a fulltime carver: Zulu showed me his work ... and told me that when he saw what I had paid the Qwabes for their work ten years ago he decided … that did begin to take place concentrated almost exclusively on craft. Jack Grossert, Inspector of Arts and Crafts for the Zulu schools in the Natal Education Department, undertook pioneering work in the field of black art education during the … produced a number of drawings for the Bantu bibel, (27) Gerard Bhengu produced a hook (with Phyllis Savory Gerard Benghu; Zulu Artist) (28) containÂing illustrations of people in traditional Zulu dress. Throughout his working career, George Pemba …

Chapter 5: The Socio-Economic impact of Vigilantes and Political Violence in Kwazulu-Natal

… those who were loyal to the chief were given land, they still received it on the basis of political issues. Chief Gideon Zulu also politicised the giving of land by stating that those who belonged to the ANC were assumed traitors to the Zulu nation. As such, they could not be given land to farm. 130 The 1991 Inkathagate scandal, which was politically …

Staffrider Vol.2 No.1 March 1979

… Poems, Fezile Plam (Guguletu),Four Poems , Bayajula Group (Kwa Thema). Drawings by Madi Phala, Nhlanhla Xaba, Fikile Zulu. A poem by Bonisile Motaung . Gartasso (Ga-Rankuwa Arts Association).P'oems by: Anthony Makou, David Mphus, Anthony … Phaleng, A poem. Photographs: Sheli Poplak, Robert Magwaza, Ralph Ndawo, Sello Moikangoa. Graphics: Madi Phala), Fikile Zulu , Nhlanhla Xaba , Mzwakhe Nhlabatsi , Vusi Zwane, Napo Mokoena , Moses Sedo , Fikile, Peter Mashishi, Kay Hassan, …

Chapter 2: The Nature and Character of Vigilantes in Kwazulu-Natal

… Several homes were destroyed in the process. Vigilantes destroyed areas targeted by the IFP as anti-IFP. Prince Gideon Zulu, a member of the KwaZulu-Natal legislature and an IFP member, was said to be in the forefront of identifying the homes … co-operating together in executing acts of violence, mostly involving innocent people. Though the IFP stated that Gideon Zulu was acting in his personal capacity, the writing was on the wall that the IFP and the vigilantes were working together … campaign had been a response by the IFP to what it perceived as a threat to its authority and claim to represent the Zulu nation, namely the growth of other organisations in the townships. During the IFP recruitment drive, various accusations …

Edendale and the birth of the ANC, 06 January 2012

… Edendale played a crucial role in laying the cornerstone for 1912. The term “amazing” can loosely be translated into the Zulu word isimanga. During ancient times African families derived their surnames from the behavioural tendencies of its people. The Msimang surname is derived from the Zulu word isimanga, as this family continually produced amazing people. It is the isimanga or Msimang sons of Edendale who …

Radio Freedom: A History of South African Underground Radio by Chris A. Smith

1985 AMR poster.Antiapartheid Movement Radio

… political posts and the clandestine training camps of its guerrilla army, Umkhonto We Sizwe (“Spear of the Nation” in Zulu). It was also a news station. Apartheid authorities did their best to keep forbidden ideas out of South Africa, and the airwaves were a crucial front in this battle. State radio, broadcast in a welter of languages from English to Zulu and Xhosa, blanketed the country at maximum power. Its relentlessly banal message extolled “traditional” tribal values, …

Biographical contribution on Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge

… in Madlala-Routledge’s political involvement. From the mid 1980s to the eve of the first democratic elections in 1994 Kwa-Zulu Natal experienced internecine violence between the ANC affiliated UDF and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) . The IFP was led by Kwa Zulu Natal Chief Minister Mangosuthu Buthelezi and was considered to have been aligned to and frequently used by the … violence emerged often in institutions such as universities. In October 1983, political violence broke out between Zulu warriors who were members of the IFP, and supporters of the ANC aligned United Democratic Front (UDF) at the University …

Cato Manor, Durban

… a source of livelihood for many, was a major factor for the friction. Brewing low-alcohol sorghum beer or utshwala (a Zulu name for beer) was a significant part of African tradition. Lack of housing and the erecting of shacks in Cato Manor …

Indanda Seminary and its Influence on Education in South Africa by Claire Wilt

… receive an education at Inanda Seminary from 1960-1964 (Baloyi, 2010). At the time she attended the seminary it was mostly Zulu students. Baloyi believes that the seminary prepared her well for studying at University of Zululand. After graduating, …