Elected president at the founding of the ANC Youth League in 1944, Lembede died suddenly in 1947 at the age of 33.

In a tribute to his lifelong friend, AP Mda wrote in the Ilanga lase Natal “Young Lembede, one of the most brilliant students that this land has produced, died ‘before his prime’. . .on the threshold of a scholastic, legal and political career, that might have been unparalleled in Black Africa.”

Commisioned by the Rural ABM. Special thanks to Edista Lembede, Sibongile Lembede Gumede, Jabulani Lembede and the Lembede family. Also thanks to Induna Makhanya of Madundube and the praise poet Kozkubenjani Shange.

Some great new submissions from our volunteer field-workers:

• Culture and Religion of Nazareth Baptist Church‎
• Architecture / house designs on the Southern African communities‎
• Activity Coordinator Zanele Ndimande At Umbumbulu, Durban South Africa‎
• USlinyana NoHlakaniphane‎
• Uchakijana nogogo‎
• Respect in different stages as per Zulu culture‎
• Webafana Ji Eh‎
• Iboza‎
• Umlolozelo‎
• Zulu beer‎
• Amagama ezinkomo zokulobola‎
• Early 20th Century Public Transport in Durban‎
• Ukubizwa kwezinkomo zamalobolo‎

Inanda youth Centre is situated at the Inanda Newtown A, the purpose of it establishment was to attract the youth of Inanda to take HIV tests and to offer the help simply because they were not taking advantage of the facilities that are offered at the local clinic.  Some of the reasons behind not taking advantage of the clinic facilities are that the youth of the area is not comfortable with attending the same public centres with adults.

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The Imagine Durban project will be holding four regional workshops (north, south, west & central) for all Faith Based Organisations, Non-Governmental Organisations and Community Based Organisations that operate within the eThekwini region.

The purpose of these workshops will be to:-

1. Share the Imagine Durban Plan that represents a vision for a better Durban that government, civil society organizations, faith based groups, tertiary institutions, business organizations and ordinary folk have identified through the Imagine Durban consultation process
2. Hear about the outreach projects that your organization is involved in
3. Develop a partnership with you organization for the future
4. Facilitate networking between FBOs, NGOs and CBOs

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International Writers Festival – Durban: 9 13 March 2010

Integrating the knowledge of indigenous Zulu medicinal plants into the teaching of chemistry is under investigation by Fulbright scholar Deshi Moodley, now a science education lecturer at the faculty of education at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

Moodley’s study, which she says will take three years, integrates indigenous knowledge of Zulu medicinal plants into the teaching of school-level chemistry and was discussed during the Southern African Association for Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education annual meeting on the Edgewood campus last month.

Read the full article on IOL …