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Selvan Naidoo, director and curator of the 1860 Heritage Centre in Durban, discovered evidence that his family had been among the first indentured laborers from India who were transported by the British colonial government to South Africa in the 1860s. PHOTO: KILEY O'BRIEN '25/THE HAWK

Durban museum highlights history of indentured labor

Maximilian Murphy '26, Special to the Hawk July 29, 2024

Durban, South Africa – When Selvan Naidoo takes visitors on a tour of the 1860 Heritage Centre in Durban, which he directs, he recounts a story about searching archives for information about his ancestors.  In...

Chacko Shabalala operates a clothing business using business management and sewing skills he acquired during his time at the Napier Centre, a residential after-care facility. PHOTO: HANNAH PAJTIS '26/THE HAWK

‘A voice for the voiceless’

Kiley O'Brien, Assistant Features Editor July 18, 2024

Durban, South Africa – Chacko Shabalala’s story is one that keeps staff at the Denis Hurley Centre focused on their mission to help men living on the streets in Durban. Growing up in a relative’s...

A volunteer participates in a June 29 beach cleanup at Anstey’s Beach in the Durban suburbs. PHOTO: ZACH PODOLNICK '26/THE HAWK

Youth drive cleanup along Durban beach

Anna Kalafatis '22, Staff Writer July 11, 2024

Durban, South Africa – About 30 volunteers gathered June 29 at Anstey’s Beach for a beach cleanup sponsored by the Wildlife and Environmental Society of South Africa (WESSA).   Eight-year-old...

Children will soon return from recess to a classroom in the main academic building at Livingstone Primary School. PHOTO: ELISE WELSH '22

School aims to fill gap for special needs students

Katie Rosta August 18, 2022

Durban, South Africa — A group of teachers huddled around a supply table filled with original art, 3D models and insect specimens in the Livingston Primary School library  Days before the winter...

Students practice yoga during a class at The Toolbox, a studio in Durban. PHOTO COURTESY OF NOSIZWE MJI.

Sisters’ studio makes yoga accessible, promotes healing

Sara Garstka July 11, 2022

Durban, South Africa — Nosizwe Mji, co-founder of The Toolbox yoga studio, began her yoga journey following a near-fatal car accident in 2006, her last year at the University of Cape Town. After two...

Hitesh Kanjee, manager of the Kara Nichha's in Lenasia, prepares an order for a customer. PHOTO: ELISE WELSH '22/THE HAWK

Popular takeaway dishes up affordable Indian fast food

Lenasia, South Africa — Tucked in a strip mall off Robin Avenue in Lenasia is a takeout eatery with an eye-catching red and yellow awning that boasts of low-priced Indian vegetarian fast foods and savory...

About 300 people participated in the 10th Annual Durban Pride Parade on June 25, which had not taken place for two years because of the covid-19 pandemic. PHOTO: LESLIE QUAN '22/THE HAWK

Durban Pride returns after two-year hiatus due to covid-19

Allie Miller June 27, 2022

Durban, South Africa — After a two-year hiatus due to the covid-19 pandemic, Durban Pride returned to Gugu Dlamini Park in central Durban on June 25.  About 300 people chanted, sang and marched...

Assagay Coffee Farm, a 100-acre farm in Harrison Valley, in the KwaZulu-Natal province, is one of only two established coffee farms in South Africa. PHOTO: Rose Barrett '20

Farmer helps brew change in coffee culture in South Africa

Jackie Collins August 6, 2019

Durban, South Africa -- The seven-acre estate in Harrison Valley that Rick James purchased nearly 30 years ago came with neglected coffee trees scattered about its slopes. Its prior owner had injured his...

Educator Zanele Nsindane displays her student's art. PHOTO: Sarah Harwick '21

Exhibition exposes young people from under-resourced schools to African art

Alex Hargrave August 1, 2019

Durban, South Africa -- For the students of Zanele Nsindane, an educator and head of the art department at Phakathi Secondary School in the township of Klaarwater, art offers an escape.  Some students...

Mutton is the best selling bunny chow filling at Bedford Bunny, according to owner Shamla Pather. PHOTO: Ana Faguy '19

Bunny chow restaurants are hopping in South Africa

Alex Hargrave July 30, 2019

South Africa --  Shamla Pather stirred a large pot of mutton curry in the kitchen of her restaurant in Lenasia South, an apartheid-era Indian settlement about 20 miles southwest of Johannesburg. Three...

Eunice Mthethwa holds a picture of her 14-year-old grandson, Velani, who was killed in the April floods. PHOTO: Sarah Harwick '21

Communities continue to feel impact of Easter weekend floods and landslides

Ana Faguy July 25, 2019

Durban, South Africa -- Buyiseile Mthethwa can’t sleep if it’s raining.  Instead, she lies awake, paralyzed by fear and grief and memories of the night she lost her 14-year-old son.  “I can still...

Nonhlanhla Joye, founder of the Umgibe Farming Organics and Training Institute, and Nonhlanhla Mchunu, training and outreach director, work with over 600 people in the community as part of the organization's efforts to provide food security in the community. PHOTO: Carly Calhoun '21

Durban-based organic farm feeds more than hunger with its growing system

Kaila Mundell-Hill July 23, 2019

Durban, South Africa -- After a cancer diagnosis in 2014 that left her unable to work, Nonhlanhla Joye, the sole breadwinner in her household, planted a vegetable garden in her backyard in order to provide...

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