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The Rorke’s Drift Art and Craft Centre

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… an important phenomenon in the history of South African art. Molefe Dinah (b.c.1918 or 1927) Pottery figure - traditional Zulu man Looking at the history of the art school, one can possibly argue that there were two distinct phases. The first … using relief (lino) and intaglio (etching) techniques: Azaria Mbatha, John Muafangejo, Cyprian Shilakoe and Vuminkosi Zulu. Shilakoe and Zulu also produced sculpture in wood. The primary focus on graphic techniques can be partly accounted for in terms of …

Govin Reddy

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… the role went to the person who had taken Reddy’s former position in radio, and who had worked for the broadcaster’s Zulu service during apartheid.  Reddy’s questioning of the board’s decision to overlook him in favour of someone from the old …

Freedom In Our Life Time - Notes

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… got off the ground. Edward Hickson, "Try and Try Again." Bible 1 Corinthians 13:11. Shaka (ca. 1787-1828) was king of the Zulu Kingdom. Sekhukhune (1814-1882.) was king of the Pedi nation. Moshoeshoe (ca. 1786-1870) was king of the Basotho nation. … international news, it focused on news in the African community and featured columns in African languages (seSotho, Venda, Zulu). Its editors were M. S. Diphuko and Edwin Mofutsanyana. Inkululeko ceased publication in 1950 after the passage of the … Love-dale Press, 1951). For the plot outlines of these novels, see Albert Gerard, Four African literatures: Xhosa, Sotho, Zulu, Amharic (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1971). For more details on the lives of Mofolo and Dhlomo, see Dan …

Pedi

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… in the northern Transvaal (Limpopo) and was frequently in conflict with the Matabele under Mzilikazi, and plundered by the Zulu and the Swazi. Sekwati was also engaged in numerous negotiations and struggles for control over land and labour with the …

Dr Alfred Bitini Xuma

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… his career. While still in Edinburgh, Xuma had received a visit from Dr James McCord, medical superintendent of the McCord Zulu Hospital in Durban. McCord invited Xuma to become part of his staff and participate in the training of African ‘medical …

A lighthouse for African womanhood': Inanda Seminary, 1869-19451 by Heather Hughes

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… and became Daniel Lindley's interpreter: she was responsible for some of the earliest translations of the Bible into Zulu. One of the Lindley sons said of her, '[She was] one of the most refined and able women I have ever met' (Smith, 1949: … at Inanda, Imfume, Umvoti, Umsunduze and Amanzimtoti. All had had at least four years of schooling -and were literate in Zulu (hence the title of 'high' school for the Seminary). The youngest, Talitha Hawes, was about 9 years old and-the daughter … although this few are as black ever, and their hearts are as black as ever their faces.... In years to come we may have a Zulu for our magistrate.... We have Zulu preachers now, and why should we not have Zulu lawyers as well. Then will come Zulu …

New tactics in the revolt

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… which would not lead to direct pay increases -- and which could even lead to dismissal - was not readily acceptable. The Zulu migrants also had a background of strife which they brought with them into the urban areas.5 The police seemed to have … It was only the Zulus at this one hostel who seemed to be vulnerable, and other hostels, where comparable numbers of Zulu lived, were not similarly penetrated by police agents. The Zulus at Mzimhlope, furthermore, numbered only 1,630 (out of …

A list of South African Shipwrecks

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… German, came into service in 1878. In 1879 she performed military duty, transporting British troops to fight in the Anglo Zulu War and in 1888 was transferred to intermediate service. In 1897 she was sold to the Quebec Steamship Co (Harris and …

Rainbow Restaurant and Jazz Club, Durban

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… Pretorius’ set about establishing what was to become their new venture, the Ufudu Flyfishing Experience – Ufudu being the Zulu word for tortoise and perfectly descriptive of the highly successful mobile fly fishing camps that they set up in places …

Chief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli

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… and clubs in the two provinces. The Witwatersrand District Native Football Association was founded by the “mabalanes”, or Zulu-speaking clerks. Structured along ethnic lines, these clubs were encouraged by mine management, who saw in them the … preference. Mary Benson in her biography notes that Chief Luthuli, although christened Albert John, preferred his Zulu name Mvumbi, which means continuous rain. Also see Albert Luthuli Oral History Project …