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Edition 2 - Vol 1

BLUE CHIP HOTEL FOR

BERTCO BROS

The Leader, August 30, 1974

23 July 2013

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

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

Plans, however, for major changes would

not be ready until late next year. He expected the renovations to cost a further
R250.000.

The new owners are the Naidoo brothers, 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.

Meanwhile, emphasis would be placed

on giving patrons the best service possible.

Services at the hotel would be improved

or extended to attract executive-type patronage. Starting next week, we will be
With the change-over, Mr Mangie Mood- offering a businessmens lunch, where
ley will become the first Indian licencee the emphasis will be on quality at a not
manager of the hotel which was built 18 exorbitant price, he said.
years ago.
On the entertainment front plans have
The sale of the Himalaya, which for a been laid to provide some exciting fare,
long time has been known to be the best and in addition, lucky patrons may win
money-spinner in SAB group of hotels, some really big prizes.
became inevitable when the Grey Street
complex was zoned last year for Indians Mr. Naidoo intends implementing many
for business purposes under Section 19 of the ideas he gathered on his trips
of the Group Areas Act.
overseas, to make the Himalaya a hotel
to be talked out.
In an interview with The Leader this
week, the Naidoo brothers announced Among these are the equipping of a gythat they were planning extensive reno- nasium with sauna baths in the basevations, which would upgrade the facili- ment and the creation of an exclusive
ties available at the hotel.
Oriental restaurant modeled on the lines
of Veeraswamys of London in a portion
Speaking enthusiastically of the changes of what is now the Summit ballroom.
envisaged, Mr. L. M. Naidoo said that
consultations had already been held with The dcor for it will probably be importarchitects on the proposed alterations.
ed from India.

Note that all articles are sourced and is not

necessary the views supported by the Owners
of The Casbah.

Give

Indian Meter
Maids A Chance

GREY STREET CASBAH NEWS

Dookie tells Mayor

The Graphic 15 November 1974

Employ Indian women as meter maids in

the city. This is one of the seven recommendation put forward by the chairman
of the Northern Durban Indian Local Affairs 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 Durban 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 immediately consider granting additional powers to the LAC;


Steps be taken to do away
with petty apartheid in the city;


Indian bus drivers be employed on municipal buses;


Indian females be employed 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.

'Black Lagoon'
for all Races

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The Leader June7, 1974

City Council Opposes Plans for 'Whites Only'

The Durban City Council

Policy and Finance Committee has decided against supporting the proclamation of
a Group Area at the Athlone
Defence Rifle Range and mangrove swamps.
The suggestion is that the area
be proclaimed a White area
but the City Council is against
such a proclamation because
the National Monuments
Commission proposes to
declare a portion of the
swamps as a national
monument and the area
which is to be declared is, at

this stage, undefined and the

Council also proposes to develop certain portions of the
area for recreational purposes
for the various sections of the
population.
It therefore believes any attempt to zone the area for the
White group is at
this 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. -

Flats for Coloured

from The Leader 7 June 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 assured Mr Marcus, a member
of the Coloured LAC, that his
concerns over lack of shopping 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 resolved 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,

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WINDSOR PARK GOLF COURSE

Bhajia Recipe

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REMOVE RACE RESTRICTIONS

The non-racial Durban Golf Club has
called on the Durban Council to throw
open the Windsor Park Course to all races. 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.

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 permissive but it does not bar the City Council from opening the course to all golfers.

There was no known restriction in the (Article from The Graphic October 11,
past on Black golfers using the course. 1974)
In fact, many Black golfers played on
this course regularly. The notice is understood 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

Mr R Lutchman

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 leaves
Mix 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 mixture into hot oil, turning once, till golden brown.
Drain on kitchen paper.
Eat hot!

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Members of the
NIGHT LIFE
Dukes Combo
Tanya Granthad
celebrating the
Beauty Queen
launch of the 10th LP

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

Sydney Kane

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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.

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.

Taken from The Leader 22 March 1974

The Graphic, 30 August 1974

LIZ TAKES
NEW CROWN

The Leader, July 12, 1974

GREY STREET CASBAH NEWS

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.

Cartoon by Nanda Soobben

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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

1974
Car Prices

GREY STREET CASBAH NEWS

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Mercedes Benz 280E A/T - R8,033

Leyland Mini GTS 1275 - R2,280

Ford Granada 2500 L - R3,399

VW 1600 Kombi - R3,095

Peugeot 404 - R3,265

VW Beetle 1600 Std - R1,998

History of the Denis

Hurley Centre
GREY STREET CASBAH NEWS

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PURCHASE OF
LAND:

It seems that throughout the life of the Parish

According to the Souvenir Brochure published Centre, including the nearly 50 years that it was
for St Augustines 75th Anniversary in 1982, used for St Augustines School, it was the venue
the school was started in 1907 and continued on for the Cathedrals catechism classes. Archbishthis site either until 1956 or 1957 (both dates are op Hurley also recalled another parish use of
The triangular plot on which Emmanuel Cathe- mentioned in the publication, but Sr Denise be- the building: he played badminton in the hall in
drals present "Parish Centre is located was lieves the latter date to be more likely) when it the early 1940s with Cathedral parishioners. It
purchased by Bishop Charles Constant Jolivet reopened in a new and much larger set of build- seems likely that in a number of ways the buildOMI from Moosa Hajee Cassim on 27 April ings with space for playgrounds and sports fields ings were used both by the school and the parish.
1901 for 4,000 pounds. The original plans indi- in Sydenham Road opposite the Greyville Race
cate that it was meant to be a school when it was Course.
built alongside the Cathedral and Presbytery
in the early 1900s. One of the first events held The 1982 Souvenir Brochure contains a message
in the hall was a farewell reception for Bishop from Archbishop Hurley in which he recounts
Henri Delalle in 1906 when he was on his way vivid memories of the school from the period Though Archbishop Hurley missed the liveliness
overseas.
1940 1944 when he was the Junior Curate at of the school when it moved to Sydenham Road,

The Parish:

AUGUSTINES
SCHOOL:

Emmanuel Cathedral:
Staff and pupils of St Augustine' school assembled 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 explosion. I used to add to the buzz and the explosion
when I returned from my parish visits on a motor cycle. It was a small one, a Francis Barnett
two-stroke, if that means anything to anyone today. 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 junior 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.

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 established 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 landings as her office and the pupils playground being what was then known as Cemetery Lane and
In 1949, by which time Father Hurley had sucis now known as Cathedral Mall!
ceeded Bishop Delalle as Vicar Apostolic of Natal,
his first experience of intervening in a socio-political 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 rather reluctant Holy Family Sisters who no doubt
feared the disruption of the good order of their
school.

the Emmanuel Cathedral parish must have welcomed 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 receptions
With the strong backing of Archbishop Hurley,
night schools were established here and flourished for many years in the 1960s, 70s and 80s
despite the fact that they flouted apartheid laws.
As a result of the educational opportunities provided in this way, many students were able to
complete their matric while working in central
Durban.
The building also provided office accommodation for many years for the Catholic African
Organisation (CAO) under the energetic leadership 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 (paralegal 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 purpose-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 having a beautiful new building to house the Denis
Hurley Centre. It will harmonise with the architectural style of Emmanuel Cathedral and provide an appropriate venue for the realisation of
Archbishop Hurleys vision of the Church as a
"community serving humanity.

GREY STREET CASBAH NEWS

Some of the hundreds of

comments regarding the
launch of THE CASBAH

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Picture and comments from our Facebook group

Grey Street Casbah and Surroundings

Junaid Ahmed
Huge congratulations on the production of The Casbah!!!
This has the potential to be an amazing and invaluable recording, 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 Gounden

Good 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 Durban.
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 opponents 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 Michael

Wow !!! 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)

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. People 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 building.
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...

BEREAS VICTORY RUN ENDS

GREY STREET CASBAH NEWS

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.

FOULED

Berea 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-

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fore the interval, Super Naidoo levelled matters

for Rangers.

FORCE

Attacking with greater force and method in the

second half, Rangers created several opportunities. However, mainly because of poor showing 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)

GREY STREET CASBAH NEWS

Movie Review
The Magnificent Seven
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 musical score was composed by Elmer Bernstein.

Song
Lyrics

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Rodriguez
Sugar Man

Plot
A 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 encounter 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 treasure; the drifter Vin (Steve McQueen), who has gone
broke after a round of gambling and is loath to accept 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.

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 returning 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 lesson 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, recognizing 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 this
why? A man like youwhy?"

The three remaining gunmen help to bury their

Arriving at the village, the seven begin to train the own and the villagers' dead. Chico announces he
villagers how to defend themselves. They all find will be staying with Petra, while Chris and Vin bethemselves bonding with the villagers, sharing the gin to ride out. The village elder bids them farewell
meal the women of the village have made them and comments that it is only the villagers who have
when they discover that the villagers have little really won: "You're like the wind, blowing over the
food themselves. Chico is fascinated by Petra, one land and ... passing on ... Vaya con Dios!" Howof the village's young women, while Bernardo be- ever, as they leave and pass the graves of their fallen
gins to bond with three of the village's little boys.[4] comrades, Chris fatalistically observes, "The Old
[5] Lee, meanwhile, struggles with nightmares and Man was right. Only the farmers won. We lost. We
fears the loss of his skills. Calvera and his bandits always lose."
soon arrive, sustain heavy losses, and are run out of
town by the gunmen and the villagers working

Sugarman, Won't ya hurry

Coz I'm tired of these scenes
For a blue coin Won't ya bring back
All those colours to my dreams
Silver majik ships, you carry
Jumpers, coke, sweet Mary Jane
Sugarman met a false friend
On a lonely, dusty road
Lost my heart when I found it
It had turned to dead, black coal
Silver majik ships, you carry
Jumpers, coke, sweet MaryJane
Sugarman you're the answer
That makes my questions disappear
Sugarman coz i'm weary
Of these double games I hear
Sugarman (x7)
Sugarman won't ya hurry
Coz I'm tired of these scenes
For a blue coin won't ya bring back
All those colours to my dreams
Silver majik ships, you carry
Jumpers, coke, sweet Mary Jane
Sugarman met a false friend
On a lonely, dusty road
Lost my heart when I found it
It had turned to dead, black coal
Silver majik ships, you carry
Jumpers, coke, sweet MaryJane
Sugarman you're the answer
That makes my questions disappear
[....fade to echo]

GREY STREET CASBAH NEWS

Callies New Sponsor

Dayas Moment
of Triumph

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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

Natal Darts team

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

Amid ecstatic cries of delight from his supporters, Bereas

school teacher centre-half, Daya Maistrey received the Federation Professional Leagues Player of the Year award at Curries 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 November 15, 1974

Legends of the Casbah

GREY STREET CASBAH NEWS

Aziz Hassim by Nanda Soobben

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