the casbah 2 (1974) - 23 july 2013

DURBANS Himalaya Hotel, regarded as the Blue Chips of Grey Street, en-terprises comes under new management on Sunday, September 1.

The new owners are the Naidoo broth-ers, Bertie and L.M, of the Berto Bodies, who beat stiff competition from the syndicate to conclude the deal with South African Breweries. The figure is believed to be R12 million.

With the change-over, Mr Mangie Mood-ley will become the first Indian licencee manager of the hotel which was built 18 years ago.

The sale of the Himalaya, which for a long time has been known to be the best money-spinner in SAB group of hotels, became inevitable when the Grey Street complex was zoned last year for Indians for business purposes under Section 19 of the Group Areas Act.

In an interview with The Leader this week, the Naidoo brothers announced that they were planning extensive reno-vations, which would upgrade the facili-ties available at the hotel.

Speaking enthusiastically of the changes envisaged, Mr. L. M. Naidoo said that consultations had already been held with architects on the proposed alterations.

Plans, however, for major changes would not be ready until late next year. He ex-pected the renovations to cost a further R250.000.

Meanwhile, emphasis would be placed on giving patrons the best service pos-sible.

Services at the hotel would be improved or extended to attract executive-type pa-tronage. Starting next week, we will be offering a businessmens lunch, where the emphasis will be on quality at a not exorbitant price, he said.

On the entertainment front plans have been laid to provide some exciting fare, and in addition, lucky patrons may win some really big prizes.

Mr. Naidoo intends implementing many of the ideas he gathered on his trips overseas, to make the Himalaya a hotel to be talked out.

Among these are the equipping of a gy-nasium with sauna baths in the base-ment and the creation of an exclusive Oriental restaurant modeled on the lines of Veeraswamys of London in a portion of what is now the Summit ballroom.

The dcor for it will probably be import-ed from India.

Mr. Bertie Naidoo (left) and Mr. L. M. Nadioo superimposed against the Himalaya Hotel.

BLUE CHIP HOTEL FOR BERTCO BROS

The Leader, August 30, 1974

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Employ Indian women as meter maids in the city. This is one of the seven recom-mendation put forward by the chairman of the Northern Durban Indian Local Af-fairs Committee, Mr Baldeo Dookie to the citys new Mayor, Councillor Dixie Adams.Mr Dookie made the recommendations at his Committees last meeting which was attended by the Mayor and the Town Clerk, Mr E.J. Godwin.

Mr Dookie said although endevours were being made to improve conditions and amenities in the Northern Indian Dur-ban areas, the progress was generally slow. Progress could only be achieved if additional funds were allocated to these areas.The NDILAC chairman recommended that: The City Council immedi-ately consider granting additional pow-ers to the LAC; Steps be taken to do away with petty apartheid in the city; Indian bus drivers be em-ployed on municipal buses; Indian females be em-ployed as meter maids; Estimates for the Northern

Indian areas be increased; Steps be taken to make consultation between the LAC And the City Council more meaningful; And, that consideration be given to paying non-White municipal employees the same rates for jobs.

Give Indian Meter Maids A Chance Dookie tells Mayor

The Graphic 15 November 1974 The Durban City Council Policy and Finance Commit-tee has decided against sup-porting the proclamation of a Group Area at the Athlone Defence Rifle Range and man-grove swamps.

The suggestion is that the area be proclaimed a White area but the City Council is against such a proclamation because the National MonumentsCommission proposes to declare a portion of the swamps as a nationalmonument and the area which is to be declared is, at

this stage, undefined and the Council also proposes to de-velop certain portions of the area for recreational purposes for the various sections of the population.

It therefore believes any at-tempt to zone the area for the White group is atthis stage, premature.

The area in question is a section between the Umgeni River mouth and Virginia Airport in what is sometimes known as the Black Lagoon. -

'Black Lagoon' for all Races

City Council Opposes Plans for 'Whites Only'

The Leader June7, 1974

An economic flat scheme for Coloureds will be established at the Sydenham Hotel site in Durban. An official of the City Treasurers Dept. has as-sured Mr Marcus, a member of the Coloured LAC, that his concerns over lack of shop-ping facilities in the complex was a valid one but he was

certain a portion would be set aside for a shopping complex.

The meeting of the LAC re-solved to approve the flat scheme and requested the City Engineer to investigate the possibility of alienating a piece of the land at the site for shopping purposes,

Flats for Coloured from The Leader 7 June 1974


The non-racial Durban Golf Club has called on the Durban Council to throw open the Windsor Park Course to all rac-es. The club decided on this move after a notice was put up recently restricting the use of the course for Whites only in terms of the Separate Amenities Act.

There was no known restriction in the past on Black golfers using the course. In fact, many Black golfers played on this course regularly. The notice is un-derstood to have been put up after wide publicity was given to the use of Windsor Park by Blacks.

In a letter to the Town Clerk, the clubs president, Mr R Lutchman says, Our committee has decided to request that Windsor Park is a municipal golf course, it should be open to people of all races. As you are aware, the municipality draws its revenue from all races and the course is administered with municipal funds. It is therefore unjust that its used should be restricted to one race group only.

Mr Lutchman also points out that while

the Whites have several courses in and around Durban, the Blacks dont have a single 18-hole course in the area.

in our view, the relevant by-law is per-missive but it does not bar the City Coun-cil from opening the course to all golfers.

(Article from The Graphic October 11, 1974)

Mr R Lutchman

WINDSOR PARK GOLF COURSE

REMOVE RACE RESTRICTIONS

You will need: 1 cup gram flour 1 teaspoon crushed cumin seeds 2 teaspoons crushed coriander seeds teaspoon fine salt 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon chilli powder 1 large white onion spring onions coriander leavesMix together the dry ingredients. Slowly add cold water, mixing as you add the water to obtain a thick dropping consistency (like a pancake mix). Don't let the mixture get too thin. You may only need a little water to get the consistency right.Then add 1 chopped white onion, some chopped spring onions and coriander leaves to the batter. Mix thoroughly into the mixture. You can add other vegetables as suggested as well at this stage.Deep fry in batches in hot oil, dropping small handfuls of the mix-ture into hot oil, turning once, till golden brown.Drain on kitchen paper.Eat hot!

Bhajia Recipe

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Members of the Dukes Combo celebrating the launch of the 10th LP Shaabaash.

(Back row) Teddy Peters Engineers, Lester Chadwick, David Royeppen and Brian Thusi

(Front row) Midget Vahed, Vasi Naidoo, Shaabaash cover girl Miss Lynette Barnabas, Dee Sharma and Moon Gartien. Missing from the picture is guitarist Harry Naidoo

Members of the Dukes Combo celebrating the

launch of the 10th LP

Tanya Granthad cuts a pretty picture soon after being crowned Miss Charity at the contest organized by the Havenside committee of the Durban Indian Child Welfare Society at Isipingo.

Taken from The Leader 22 March 1974

Tanya Granthad Beauty Queen

Sydney Kane, who will appear in the variety show, Singing Stars of Africa, at the Majestic Cinema on October 8 and 9. The show which also features Elaine Meyers, Eddie Watts, Jerry Junior, Elaine Thomas and others, will baked by the popular Dukes Combo.

The Graphic, 30 August 1974

Sydney Kane NIGHT LIFE


The lucky three who will represent Natal in the Miss South Africa contest at Paarl in the Cape next week. Left to right: Nora Gielink, Estelle Kast (Miss Natal) and Oriel Pierce. They were selected at a contest held last week by the Natal AWBRA.

The Leader, August 16, 1974

Pretty Miss Elizabeth Aaron of Durban, looking resplendent, beat a bevy of beauties for yet another award. She got the judges nod and the Miss Apollo crown last weekend. Three weeks ago she was crowned Miss Natal Sari Queen.

LIZ TAKESNEW CROWN

The Leader, July 12, 1974

Cartoon by Nanda Soobben


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PURCHASE OF LAND:

The triangular plot on which Emmanuel Cathe-drals present "Parish Centre is located was purchased by Bishop Charles Constant Jolivet OMI from Moosa Hajee Cassim on 27 April 1901 for 4,000 pounds. The original plans indi-cate that it was meant to be a school when it was built alongside the Cathedral and Presbytery in the early 1900s. One of the first events held in the hall was a farewell reception for Bishop Henri Delalle in 1906 when he was on his way overseas.

AUGUSTINES SCHOOL:

According to Sr Denise Boardman HF, the Holy Family archivist, when St Josephs School in Broad Street became too crowded and possibly as a result of pressure from white parents, it was decided that a separate school should be estab-lished for Coloured children at the Cathedral. It was by no means an ideal venue for a school, the Principal having to make use of one of the land-ings as her office and the pupils playground be-ing what was then known as Cemetery Lane and is now known as Cathedral Mall!

According to the Souvenir Brochure published for St Augustines 75th Anniversary in 1982, the school was started in 1907 and continued on this site either until 1956 or 1957 (both dates are mentioned in the publication, but Sr Denise be-lieves the latter date to be more likely) when it reopened in a new and much larger set of build-ings with space for playgrounds and sports fields in Sydenham Road opposite the Greyville Race Course.

The 1982 Souvenir Brochure contains a message from Archbishop Hurley in which he recounts vivid memories of the school from the period 1940 1944 when he was the Junior Curate at Emmanuel Cathedral:Staff and pupils of St Augustine' school assem-bled in Cemetery Lane"In those days the playground for the school was Cemetery Lane between the Cathedral and what is now the Cathedral Parish Centre and what a buzzing, stirring scene that was during lunch break. Every possible game seemed to be happening in the narrow space and the joyous sounds rose to the heavens like a nuclear explo-sion. I used to add to the buzz and the explosion when I returned from my parish visits on a mo-tor cycle. It was a small one, a Francis Barnett two-stroke, if that means anything to anyone to-day. Cheers often greeted our arrival. I suspect that the cheers were more for the motor cycle than for me. There is a natural sympathy for the underdog. Those were very happy days for me on my first pastoral assignment as the most jun-ior curate at the Cathedral. They seemed to be happy days for St Augustines too, though it was dreadfully cramped and crowded in the narrow confines of the Cathedral Centre and Cemetery Lane. Shortly afterwards the school moved to its magnificent new premises on Sydenham Road. That made things much easier for the school but we missed the lovely community of Holy Family Sisters, lay teachers and exuberant pupils from the neighbourhood of the Cathedral.

In 1949, by which time Father Hurley had suc-ceeded Bishop Delalle as Vicar Apostolic of Natal, his first experience of intervening in a socio-po-litical crisis had consequences for St Augustines School. During the Zulu-Indian conflict which erupted in central Durban and rapidly spread to other parts of the city, families living in Grey Street (now Yusuf Dadoo) came to the Cathedral to ask for temporary refuge. The young Bishop Hurley arranged for them to be accommodated in St Augustines School, persuading the rath-er reluctant Holy Family Sisters who no doubt feared the disruption of the good order of their school.

It seems that throughout the life of the Parish Centre, including the nearly 50 years that it was used for St Augustines School, it was the venue for the Cathedrals catechism classes. Archbish-op Hurley also recalled another parish use of the building: he played badminton in the hall in the early 1940s with Cathedral parishioners. It seems likely that in a number of ways the build-ings were used both by the school and the parish.

The Parish:

Though Archbishop Hurley missed the liveliness of the school when it moved to Sydenham Road, the Emmanuel Cathedral parish must have wel-comed having the whole building for its use as a Parish Centre from 1956/7 onwards.

Since then it has continued to provide space for catechism classes on Sundays, and, in addition, for innumerable meetings of sodalities and other parish and diocesan organisations, for concerts, plays, dances, parish socials and receptionsWith the strong backing of Archbishop Hurley, night schools were established here and flour-ished for many years in the 1960s, 70s and 80s despite the fact that they flouted apartheid laws. As a result of the educational opportunities pro-vided in this way, many students were able to complete their matric while working in central Durban.

The building also provided office accommoda-tion for many years for the Catholic African Organisation (CAO) under the energetic leader-ship of Fr Howard St George OMI.

More recently, other social outreach projects have found a home here: Refugee Pastoral Care, Nkosinathi (feeding scheme), Usizo Lwethu (clinic), Justice, Peace and Development (parale-gal support and job-related training), making excellent use of cramped and dilapidated spaces.Emmanuel Cathedral parish is growing rapidly and it has developed greatly expanded social outreach facilities currently assisting over 4,000 people a month. The Archdiocese and the Parish believe that the time has come to provide a pur-pose-built facility where these social outreach projects can flourish and be a beacon of hope in a challenging neighbourhood.

Now the Cathedral parish looks forward to hav-ing a beautiful new building to house the Denis Hurley Centre. It will harmonise with the archi-tectural style of Emmanuel Cathedral and pro-vide an appropriate venue for the realisation of Archbishop Hurleys vision of the Church as a "community serving humanity.

History of the Denis Hurley Centre


Junaid Ahmed

Huge congratulations on the production of The Casbah!!!

This has the potential to be an amazing and invaluable record-ing, reflection and celebration of an important and significant era in the canon of South African history.

Well done Buddy and Ishaan!

All best

Junaid

Sandy GoundenGood Morning Gentlemen,

WOW ! ! ! !

I have just read my first copy of Grey Street Casbah and I find it very entertaining and highly informative.This first volume was forwarded to me by a friend who knew my interest in the amazing period of time in the history of Dur-ban.Please send me further copies to my email address from now on.Most importantly please keep up the great work for as long as you can. People like you are indeed a credit to the Indian community and brings back the pride we have forgotten to have. Pride in the success of our forefathers achievements even though they came from humble stock and always tried to keep the fight fair and according to the rules. Even if their oppo-nents did not do so. This makes me proud to be a South African of Indian descent.

Best wishes for your continued success.

Thomas Kantha - Osaka, Japan

Buddy Boy, I hope more people take interest in our past so that we can understand the present and hopeful we can sow the seed for the new generation.I spend a few years living in the corner of Grey and Carlisle street on the second floor so I did have a good view what was happening below on the streets.My regards to Ishaan and tell him I highly appreciate what you guys are doing.Good lucky and I will be waiting for the next edition.

Maria MichaelWow !!! Memories of a very culturally rich era. Thanks!

Reaz Moorad - New Zealand

Congratulations to Buddy and Ishaan for taking the time and effort in compiling a fine pictorial and editorial history of our great past. This is something to be proud of and to celebrate as this history has enabled all of us to excel in our own unique way so that wherever we may reside today we will not forget the great times and memories of the "Grey Street Casbah" era...The Moorad Family of Auckland New Zealand (July 13th)

Some of the hundreds of comments regarding the launch of THE CASBAH

Kausalee Naidoo I lived in Scalas,next to the building was a scrap yard,Navin Court,Bhagats court.will email u names.

Buddy Govender Excellent Kausalee....

Bunny Ramsay NAIDOOS BLDG

Pammy Raydemir Hi Buddy. My mum's brother lived in Scala Mansions. Reddy. He had Reddy Tailors in Victoria Street. Uncle used to do all altertions and make suit etc for the shops in town. Died now. His son. Percy Reddy still has the business and also some other business. Percy 's son and Warren Neil know each. Percy and son live up there Musgrove Road. Speak to Warren Neil and he should put you in contact with them. They might have some stories to tell. Great stuff you doing. Peo-ple like you are a credit to the community. Take care and keep it going. Love to the family. Xx

Faizal Davis Hi Pammy.I knew Percy & he made me quite a few pants 4 me.lol. Royston Sanders I walked pass the fire station every day from Epsom rd School to Wills rd. I was in class 1 or 2, when I saw a lady giving birth on that very spot. Ran home to tell my mom that she lied to me about the crow bringing babies.... I told her that babies came out of bums, I saw it for myself.... I believed that for a few years Barbara Anne Isaacs I knew Gloria Isaacs and her family, they lived in Scala. Oriel Duval @ Royston my mother in law helped to deliver a baby right outside that fire station Brian George Georgie Francis, who played for Ace's United lived in Naidoo's build-ing. Buddy Govender Thanks Brian, will try and ask him and Aunty Phyliss more about that.....regards Royston Sanders Oriel....maybe it was the same incident... late 60's Oriel Duval Yes i believe it was my mother in law that was in attendance late 60's Reaz Moorad Howzit Buds we lived in Scala Flats ( that's where I was born) then we moved to flat 301 Himalaya House and my family lived there for many years even after we moved to Overport. Those were the days Ishaan Blunden Classic picture the Fire Station, Scala Flats, the buses and the car. Bunny Ramsay Naidoo's bldgs narwin court Bhagat court Bhana Morar Yes...So true...Guys Bhana Morar ... Reaz Moorad ... Hi ....did you stay with Saths Cooper and Family ... Reaz Moorad Hi Bhana will have to check with my mom on this one...

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Bereas splendid run of six successive victories was brought to an end at Curries fountain on Sunday when Manning Rangers beat them 2-1 in the Mainstay League competition.

By gaining two points from this encounter, rangers have not only worked their way up to joint fourth position on the league, but have also come within reach of the fourth league prime of R500.

Both Berea and Rangers presently have 17

points each. Rangers, however, have two matches on hand while Berea have three. In the first half, Berea were a shade better than their opponents but after the resumption Rangers a more efficient combination.

FOULEDBerea went into the lead via a penalty. Hard working Sadeck Ebrahim was fouled in the box and Pat Blair converted. Berea continued to dominate but Rangers did not give them a chance to increase their tally. A few minutes be-

fore the interval, Super Naidoo levelled matters for Rangers.

FORCEAttacking with greater force and method in the second half, Rangers created several opportu-nities. However, mainly because of poor show-ing they wasted most of them. Derek Nelson gave Rangers their winning goal in the 80th minute. With goalkeeper Nazim Beneveldt out of position, he lobbed the ball into the net.(Article from The Graphic 1974)

BEREAS VICTORY RUN ENDS


The Magnificent Seven is a 1960 American western film directed by John Sturges. It is a western-style remake based on Akira Kurosawa's 1954 Japanese film Seven Samurai. The film stars Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter, and Horst Buchholz who play a group of seven American gunmen hired to protect a small agricultural village in Mexico from a group of marauding native bandits led by Calvera, portrayed by Eli Wallach. The film's musi-cal score was composed by Elmer Bernstein.

PlotA Mexican village is periodically raided for food and supplies by bandits led by Calvera (Eli Wallach). As he and his men rode away from their latest visit, Calvera had promised to return for more booty and loot the village again. Taking what meager goods they have, the village leaders ride to a town just inside the American border hoping to barter for weapons to defend themselves. While there, they en-counter a veteran gunslinger from Dodge,[3] Chris (Yul Brynner); after listening to their tale, Chris suggests that the village hire more gunfighters as they would be cheaper than guns and ammunition. The village men relentlessly try to convince Chris to be their gunman; while at first he agrees just to help them find men, eventually he decides to help them out in person as well as finding six other men to join them, despite the poor pay offered.

The other men include hotheaded, inexperienced Chico (Horst Buchholz); Chris's friend Harry Luck (Brad Dexter) who believes Chris is seeking treas-ure; the drifter Vin (Steve McQueen), who has gone broke after a round of gambling and is loath to ac-cept a position as a store clerk; Bernardo O'Reilly (Charles Bronson), a gunfighter of Irish-Mexican heritage who has fallen on hard times; a cowboy, Britt (James Coburn), who joins for the challenge involved; and an on-the-run gunman Lee (Robert Vaughn) in the midst of a crisis of confidence. The group recognizes they will be outnumbered, but hope that when Calvera realizes that the village has brought them aboard, he will move on to a different village.

Arriving at the village, the seven begin to train the villagers how to defend themselves. They all find themselves bonding with the villagers, sharing the meal the women of the village have made them when they discover that the villagers have little food themselves. Chico is fascinated by Petra, one of the village's young women, while Bernardo be-gins to bond with three of the village's little boys.[4][5] Lee, meanwhile, struggles with nightmares and fears the loss of his skills. Calvera and his bandits soon arrive, sustain heavy losses, and are run out of town by the gunmen and the villagers working

in concert. Chico, who is Mexican, follows Calvera back to his camp, pretending to be one of the gang of bandits. There he learns that Calvera plans to return and raid the village because he is desperate for the food in order to feed his men.

Chico reports this back to Chris and the rest of the men. Though a part of the group believes they should leave, Chris insists that they stay and they ride out to make a surprise raid on Calvera's camp. However, they find the camp empty and, on return-ing to the village, they find that the fearful villagers allowed Calvera to take control. Calvera spares the gunmen's lives, believing they have learned the les-son that the simple farmers are not worth fighting for. Calvera also fears reprisals from the U.S. Army. The seven are curtly escorted out of the village. The group debates their next move and all but Harry agree to return and free the village from Calvera. Harry believes the effort will lead to their deaths and rides off alone.

A gunfight breaks out, and the villagers, recogniz-ing the courage of the gunmen, soon join in the fight. Bernardo is killed protecting the children he had befriended, and both Britt and Lee die after killing a considerable number of bandits. Harry, who had a change of heart, arrives in time to protect Chris but is fatally shot. Soon, the bandits are routed, and Chris shoots Calvera. Calvera, in his dying breath, asks him, "You came back ... to a place like thiswhy? A man like youwhy?"

The three remaining gunmen help to bury their own and the villagers' dead. Chico announces he will be staying with Petra, while Chris and Vin be-gin to ride out. The village elder bids them farewell and comments that it is only the villagers who have really won: "You're like the wind, blowing over the land and ... passing on ... Vaya con Dios!" How-ever, as they leave and pass the graves of their fallen comrades, Chris fatalistically observes, "The Old Man was right. Only the farmers won. We lost. We always lose."

The Magnificent Seven

Movie Review

Sugarman, Won't ya hurryCoz I'm tired of these scenesFor a blue coin Won't ya bring backAll those colours to my dreams

Silver majik ships, you carryJumpers, coke, sweet Mary Jane

Sugarman met a false friendOn a lonely, dusty roadLost my heart when I found itIt had turned to dead, black coal

Silver majik ships, you carryJumpers, coke, sweet MaryJane

Sugarman you're the answerThat makes my questions disappearSugarman coz i'm wearyOf these double games I hear

Sugarman (x7)

Sugarman won't ya hurryCoz I'm tired of these scenesFor a blue coin won't ya bring backAll those colours to my dreams

Silver majik ships, you carryJumpers, coke, sweet Mary Jane

Sugarman met a false friendOn a lonely, dusty roadLost my heart when I found itIt had turned to dead, black coal

Silver majik ships, you carryJumpers, coke, sweet MaryJane

Sugarman you're the answerThat makes my questions disappear[....fade to echo]

Song LyricsRodriguez Sugar Man


Mr A.Q Ismail, President of the Sporting Club DAlberton Callies receiving the cheque for this years annual Callies Table Tennis Carnival sponsored by Embassy Furnishers, front Mr Hans Munaswar, a director of the firm. Also in the picture are (L to R) Ismail Hashim, Solly Varachia, Mr Ally Hoosen, a director of Embassy, Yunus Adams (vice president), Ahmed Motala (general secretary) and Dees Kalyan The Leader, March 22 1974

Callies New Sponsor

Members of the successful Natal team who swiped all the major trophies in the recent South African Darts Championships held in Kimberley. The Natalians bagged the A and B league cups, the singles trophy (T.Naidoo) and doubles (Nad Govender and R. Reddy)Taken from The Leader 10 May 1974

Natal Darts team

Amid ecstatic cries of delight from his supporters, Bereas school teacher centre-half, Daya Maistrey received the Federa-tion Professional Leagues Player of the Year award at Cur-ries Fountain on Sunday. One of the most dynamic players in the professional league, Daya more than enhances his claim to the R100 award on Sunday when he rammed in a goal from 25 yards out to give his team a 1 all draw with Cape Town Spurs in the Mainstay League competition. from The Graphic No-vember 15, 1974

Dayas Moment of Triumph


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