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GREY STREET CASBAH & SURROUNDINGS NEWS Africa
Dedicated to the Casbah spirit of Aziz Hassim Grey Street Casbah Recipes (Durban)
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The Mandela Girls, Zenzi and Zeni, photographed with Dr. Naicker, during their stay in Durban with the Meers at Easter.
Mrs Fatima Meer, the well-known South Africa sociologist talked to Mr We spent a packed half hour talking and time went so fast.
Nelson Mandela, one of the key figures in the now-banned African national
Congress, for half an hour on Robben Island last Saturday. Mrs Meer described the trip to and from Robben Island as an anxious 45
minute ride. The Blacks travel in the hold of the ferry while the Whites
It is learnt that Mrs Meer left Durban by air at short notice after learn- were on the deck.
ing that she had been granted a special visit. Mrs Meer was asked to be
present at the Robben Island ferry in Cape Town last Saturday. She is She added that Mandela appeared to be slimmer but seemed to be in good
the only black South African to have been allowed to visit Mandela who is health. Earlier this year and Australian journalist, David McNicol, was
serving a life imprisonment on the maximum security island prison. allowed to spend a day on the island prison and report on conditions there.
The Meer and Mandela families have been close friends for many years He was also allowed to Mandela and Neville Alexander for an hour each.
and this is how it was possible for the visit to be arranged. Mrs Winnie His report entitled Surprises on Robben Island, was published by the
Mandela, who is under house arrest in Soweto, knew of the visit. Rand Daily Mail on July 12 after it had been submitted to the Commis-
sioner of Prisons in terms of the requirements of Section 44(f) of the Pris-
This is regarded as a family visit which prisoners are entitled to peri- ons Act. Certain deletions were made.
odically when immediate members of the families are allowed such non-
contact visits. McNicoll reports that Mandela is just completing his LLb by correspond-
ence with London University, and law book predominated among litera-
The Mandelas two daughters, Zeni (14) and Zenzi (12) who are at Water- ture on his shelves.
ford School in Swaziland, spent their Easters holidays with the Meers in
Durban, and they will only be able to visit their father after they turn 16. Mandela, who obtained his B.A. and Attorneys Admission Certificate be-
fore his imprisonment, is allowed to have his reading lights on until 11pm
When The Leader approached Mrs Meer for her comments on her visit a security light burns all night in every individual cell.
to Robben Island and her meeting with Mandela she replied that it was
purely a family visit of valuable experience to her. Asked if he got depressed Mandela replied: No. We devise our own ways
of obtaining information and this stops us getting depressed. On this is-
I was very glad for the opportunity to have met Nelson after these 10 land we abound with hope. I can say I have never had a single moment of
years and I found him very much the hero I knew him to be. I thought his depression because I know that my cause will triumph. I am satisfied with
spirits were high and he seemed keenly alert to his surroundings and the the way things are proceeding. he said.
problems facing the people of South Africa.
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The three stages of roti. The newly formed is in the pot on the right
while the original one that belonged to an Isipingo Beach family is in the
pot on the left. The glass plate contains the tea that has since given rise
to yet another roti.
I obtained one of these rotis in order to keep a close observation upon it. I was given
the roti last Saturday evening and the family who gave it to me gave precise instruc-
tions in regard to procedure I should follow. I had to observe a strict prayer schedule.
Although a Muslim the Hindu family who gave me the roti said that ones faith did
not have any bearing on the matter. The roti would continue to multiply itself as long
as there was strict adherence to personal cleanliness. I have since followed the basic
instructions.
I took the roti home and placed it in a new pot and covered it with a small measure
of black tea. I placed the lid on and sprinkled fresh flower petals over it. Then I lit an
incense stick and turned the pot seven times in a clockwise direction. Here are my day-
to-day observations:
Sunday: I had a bath (as instructed) and did my prayer where the roti was kept. I
then removed the lid of the pot and drained out the old tea. I tasted some of this and
discovered it tasted like wine. I noted the roti had thickened already. I poured in
some fresh black tea, closed the lid, placed some fresh flowers on the pot and com-
pleted my prayers.I repeated the ritual in the evening.
Monday: I had a bath once again, removed the lid from the pot and the flower petals
and drained out the old tea and placed this in another new container for further ob-
servation. I then poured in fresh black tea into the original pot and finished the ritual
with fresh flowers and prayer. In the evening I repeated the process.
Tuesday: Some progress noted. There were distinct signs of the roti increasing in size.
Then I checked the tea I had drained into a new container and discovered a thin disc-
like layer. Somewhat jelly-like.
I checked again in the evening and noted that the little disc in the container had be-
come more pronounced and appeared very much like the one I had in the pot. I re-
moved this one and had it placed in a new larger container.
Wednesday: Further progress noted. While the original roti in the pot reached maxi-
mum size, the little one which was removed from the small container was growing in
size.
NB: Further progress leading to the seventh and final day will be published in our next
issue together with pictures.
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Sheer
Driving Pleasure
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Dr. Monty Naicker, one time president of the South African Indian Congress, was guest of honour at the
annual awards presentation dance of the Durban Golf Club held at the Himalaya Hotel on Saturday. He was
photographed (above left) dancing with Miss Singh. On the right his former Congress colleague, Mr. J. N.
Singh is seen dancing with Mrs. Singh.
Nurses graduation
About 60 nurses attached to the R.K. Khan Hospital, in Chatsworth, graduated at a ceremony held last
Friday. The picture above shows some of the dignatories and the nurses on the Stage before the latter re-
ceived their certificates.
LEFT: Miss Romela Mothiram who obtained a pass with distinction in the examinations of the S.A. Nurs-
ing Council.
The Education Division of the Dept. of Indian Affairs conducted a orientation course for teachers at Dur-
bans Orient Hall Last week. Prof. J. W. Grossert, of the Department of Fine Arts at the University of Dur-
ban Westville, is seen presenting a certificate to Mrs. G. D. N. Dharman at the conclusion of the course. More
than 100 teachers participated.
June Pillay in Aces goal made errors and his anticipation was poor.
That one is tempted to ask what became of the exciting goal keeper,
Yusuf Thebe, who was signed on last week. Then three was the Aces
left back, Basner van der Plank, who was in effectual against Glen-
villes marauding tactics.
As a matter of fact, I was surprised that nothing was done to close that
Yawning gap in Aces defence. Van der Plank was at sixes and sevens
and he found the Glenville right winger, Arthur Hurling, too fast for
him.
Inspite of the poor second half showing of Aces, one must not detract
from the merit of Glenvilles victory. The team faced every situation
with resourcefulness and determination and Neville Londt could not
have had a better bunch to work with.
None was more impressive than inside right, Stan Mini. Heres the
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