Categories
izinkumbulo / memories

Heritage

23 years ago, give or take a year, my father and brother and I are standing in the dust of KwaDukuza, watching the masses of humanity stream in to the inkundla. We merit some curious looks, and some interested comments, but for the most part everyone else is too busy sorting out their own imvunulo […]

Categories
izinkumbulo / memories

umGqibelo

Thina sonke sivela kweny’indawo. We all come from another place. This morning, listening to uKhozi loDádò while driving to Norwood mall, it was very difficult to make out the names of the toddlers phoning in on their mothers’ phones – but when asked ‘uvela kuphi nendawo?’, their replies were crystal clear: ngaseShowe. in the area […]