The Ulwazi Programme took part in the National Library Week celebrations at the Durban Botanic Gardens on 24 March 2011. With an internet cafe and an oral history display, the Ulwazi Programme was a firm favourite with visiting schoolchildren.

The Ulwazi Team

Umphakathi waseMbumbulu wagubha usuku lwamalungelo abantu ngokumbulwa kwetshe lika Anton Muziwakhe Lembede mhla zingamashumi amabili nanye kuNdasa 2011 esikoleni ayefunda kuso iTobi Primary School. UAnton Lembede wazalwa mhla zingamashumi amabili nanye kuMasingana ngo1914 washona ngo1947. Lolusuku lukhumbuza abantu kanye nentsha yasendweni okuningi okwakuthandwa uAnton Lembede owayengomunye wabasunguli beAfrican National Congress Youth Legue (ANCYL).

Ithimba lentsha yeANC ebeliqhamuka egatsheni elibizwa ngokuthi iCenturion, eGoli yilona ebelihlele lomcimbi ngokubambisana nentsha yegatsha i-Anton Lembede kanye nomndeni wakwaLembede. Lomcimbi waqala ngosuku olwandulela olwamalungelo abantu lapho kwaqala ngemiqhudelwane yebhola lezinyawo phakathi kwamaqembu abesifazane kanye nawabesilisa wabe usuqhubeka nangoMsombuluko lapho ekwambulwa khona itshe.

Anton Lembede

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Story and Picture By: Themba Khumalo

The City Hall may no longer be the most imposing building in town, as it was when it opened some 100 years ago, but it’s still the pulsating heart of Durban’s civic life. Many of the Municipality’s departments have relocated to buildings across the length and breadth of eThekwini, but the Mayor and City Manager’s offices remain firmly ensconced in the City Hall, which remains the venue for meetings of Council committees and of the full Council. The City Hall is also an important hub of the arts and education, home to the Durban Art Gallery, City Library and Natural Science Museum, which draw crowds of tourists and locals. Anyone who grew up in Durban will have fond memories of at least one school outing to the building. And it is outside the City Hall’s Church Walk steps that crowds invariably gather to make their point, whether in protest or celebration. The structure was designed in 1903 by Stanley G Hudson, based on the City Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was completed in 1910 as a near faithful reproduction of its Northern Hemisphere counterpart, complete with towering pillars, soaring dome, surrounding moat and dozens of stone figurines.
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Mhlaka 12 February 2011 kwakuwusuku olungasoze lwakhohleka kalula kubantu abakhele indawo yaseAlbert Park, maphakathi nedolobha leTheku. Lapho oGogo abakhele uMasipala weTheku babephume ngobuningi babo ukuyobamba iqhaza emidlalweni ebihlelwe ngabahlali base-South Beach yokugqugquzela ukuzivocavoca kubantu abadala ikakhulukazi abesifazane. Labo ababeyingxenye yalolusuku kwakungabantu asebedla impesheni – izaguga. Ikomiti labo elakhiwe ngabantu besifazane abehlukene asebathatha umhlalaphansi emisebenzi yabo eyahlukene lafaka izicelo kosomabhizinisi bendawo ukuze lolusuku lube impumelelo. Omunye wosomabhizinisi uNkosikazi Hleziphi Mabaso, onebhizinisi lapha eThekwini wayekhona ukuzozibonela lengqophamlando yosuku olwandonsa izihlwele eziningi.

Lemidlalo ibibanjelwe e-Albert Park, eThekwini. Ibihanjelwe ngamaqembu ahlukene

Esingabala i-Sweet Mamaz yaseZimangweni endaweni yaseNanda, i-Golden Girls yaseMlazi, i-South Beach kanye neOld Golden yakwa J & K eMlazi. Kwabaphumelele singabala iSouth Beach ehlule i-Golden Girls ngamathathu kwelilodwa neOld Golden yashaya iSweet Mamaz. Abaqeqeshi beqembu laseSouth Beach oMnumzane S’busiso Mthethwa kanye noSiyabonga Xaba bathi kuyabathokozisa ukuthi basebenzisane ngalomsebenzi kuningi asebekufundile njengabantu abadala ngaphandle kokuthi bayaqeqeshana ngalomsebenzi noma sebenezinkinga bayakwazi ukuthi bazikhulume nabo babaluleke njengabazali.

Bekugcwele enkundleni kukhona noMfundisi uDube webandla e-Ethekwini Community Church obezobongela abanye boGogo abakhonza ebandleni lakhe nabantu abasha ukuzobongela oGogo ngosuku lwabo babagqugquzele ukuthi baqhubeke nokwenza lokhu.

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The Ulwazi Programme has recently conducted oral history and ICT training for some prospective field-workers. This skills development is a key component of the programme. The training was divided into two parts; the use and practice of oral history and an introduction to ICT.

The first day looked at an introduction to oral history – the process of oral history (speaking, listening, remembering), possible questions that participants could ask and how to prepare for and conduct an interview (download the presentation). We then watched and critiqued a number of oral history video interviews the Ulwazi Programme had conducted over the past few years. The second day involved practical exercises with participants writing questions, conducting interviews with each other and reporting back what they had learnt from the interviews.

The third and fourth days were devoted to improving participants ICT skills, with sessions focused on effectively using word-processing software, conducting research online and using Internet communication tools.

ICT training by Mabusi