Durban Film City is back in the spotlight after President Cyril Ramaphosa backed the long-delayed R7.5 billion Hollywood-style studio project set to create jobs.
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Ohlange Institute:
Nelson Mandela chose to cast the first free and fair election vote, not in his home town, not in parliament, not in Pretoria, Cape Town or any of those places, but rather he chose to cast his vote in KwaMashu at the home of John Langalibalele Dube, founding member of the Natal Native Congree (later, the ANC).
Dube had a fascinating life, born in 1871 in the still very rural district of Inanda, he would have had a foot in the old Zulu world and the new western influecne of the British.
Dube travelled to the United States and not only lectured but also got to meet and talk with many America leaders of the civil African rights moments.
In 1901, Dube, with the support of his wife as well as missionaries established in Durban and elsewhere, established and opens the Ohlange Institute and in 1903 begins the circulation of the newspaper “Ilanga lase Natal” which still runs today.
The home of Dube still stands today as does his school which has seen thousands of children matriculate. It’s no wonder that this is where Nelson Mandela cast his vote and visited the grave site of Durban, saying the words “I have come to report Mr President, that South Africa is now free“.
The institute is about 5 minutes away from Phoenix Settlement – it’s said that Gandhi and Dube would often meet in the surrounding sugar cane fields to discuss the matters of the day.
Inside the R7.5bn Durban Film City project backed by Ramaphosa