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Edition 34 - Vol 4

Grey Street Casbah and Surroundings

Grey Street Sounds
History of Non Racial Soccer in South
Africa
Grey Street Casbah Recipes (Durban)
Grey Street Casbah Publications

01 May 2016

Stories and adverts from The Leader - year 1985

23 in court over lunch-hour demo

Twenty-three people have appeared in court following the protest demonstration in the Central Business District of Durban last Friday afternoon.

protested against the banks alleged support for apartheid scuffles broke
out between the students and the police.

For more than a hour, the CBD became the scene of student-police con- A number of protesters were grabbed by police and dumped into waiting
frontation as placard bearing students chanting protest songs, marched police vans.
down West Street.
On Monday, 23 of the protesters appeared in the Durban Magistrates
The march by about 1500 students mainly from the University of Durban- Court on a charge of taking part in an illegal gathering. No charges were
Westville and the University of Natal began in Field Street.
put to the accused and they were not asked to plead.
When the demonstrators reached the Checkers supermarket in West
Street, they were confronted by police and Panic stricken students began
running in all directions to avoid a teargas attack.

Bail was set at R100 each and the hearing was adjourned to August 23 for
further investigations.

Students regrouped within minutes and chaos reigned as lunchtime shoppers jammed the street to get a glimpse of the action. Departmental stores,
which are normally filled to capacity at that time of the day, were deserted.
Many, fearing that in the case of trouble their stores may be damaged
closed their doors. The students demo also caused a major traffic jam.
The large contingent of police kept a low profile while the students remained in West Street but as the marchers streamed onto Field Street,
followed by crowds of onlookers, police moved in on them.
As the chanters stationed themselves in front of the Bank Of Lisbon and

Leader / Casbah

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A demonstrator being arrested. More than 1500 students from various

Durban campuses took part in the demo.

(Above) Police escort a man away from the demonstration. (Below) A

section of banner waving protesters.

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Boycotting students display banners during the protest march through

West Street

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DEPARTMENTAL STORE
FOR GREY ST. AREA

The Grey Street Complex is to get its

first departmental store in two months
time when a specialized clothing store
opens its doors.

A potential flow daily through Grey

Street to shop and work. It is our intention to attract this market to our department store says Mr A.k. Jadwat.

Jadwats, a clothing store, which will

cater for the whole family, is set to open
in October on the corner of Albert and
Victoria Streets.

SPECIALISE

The Jadwats have been operating clothing stores for several years, but this is
the first time that they have turned their
attention to launching a departmental
store.
The idea was born about two years ago
when they realized the need for such a
store in the Grey Street Complex.
The Grey Street Complex abuts the
larger White Central Business District
of Durban and is situated so that the
Black consumer must for the most part
pass through it to reach the White CBD,
train, bus and taxi ranks are situated
within or on the periphery of the Grey
Street Complex, and business houses
there have for several years relied on
this passing trade.

Jadwats will specialise in retailing

fashion clothing for the entire family,
and will be aiming to attract customers
of all races.
The move could signal the start of a new
trend in the Grey Street Complex.
Hitherto shops in the area have tended
to be small operations, dealing almost
exclusively in one line of goods, either
jewellery, or hardware, or electrical
goods or mens or womens clothes, and
have maintained a character distinct
from that of the departmental store environment of the White CBD.
Jadwats is the first major attempt
to challenge the White CBD at its own
game, and if successful could lead to
other shopowners diversifying and operating from larger premises.

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INANDA FAMILIES
EARGER TO MOVE
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By Fawzia Moodley

Leader / Casbah

Water constitutes a major problem to Inanda families. They buy it

at 3 cents per 20 Litre drum and have to transport the water over
long distances.
Indian families who are being moved out of Inanda to make way for an
African township are facing the prospects of leaving the area of their birth
with mixed feelings.
On the one hand, they are happy that their days of hauling water from
communal taps or points of sale, and nights of burning lamps and candles,
will soon be over.
Yet, they are sad at leaving the old familiar place that has been home to
many of them for their entire lives.

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Eager to move out of Inanda. Ravisha Nepaul is prepaid to sacrifice

the familys five bedroomed house to move to Phoenix.
fied in the press.
She added that a private buyer had offered the family R7 000 for the house
in which they lived and so, all in all they would get just about R8 000 in
compensation.
This amount will not even be sufficient to pay deposit on a decent house
and so it seems we have no other option but to accept a house in Phoenix,
she said.

Ranisha Nepaul told The Leader that her family had been living in Inanda
Our grandfather lived here and our parents were born here, I myself for nine years and because of the hardships, her widowed mother was
have known no other home besides Inanda. That is why we will leave this looking forward to moving out of the area.
place with regret but we just cannot go on living here.
The lack of lights and water had always made our lives difficult, but recently things have become worse because of the lack of security said 23
year old Heeralall Rughubeer.

PAY MORE

According to Mr Rughubeer and others interviewed by The Leader, Inanda had become an extremely unsafe place over the past year.

The Nepauls who are state grantees will most probably be moved to a subeconomic flat in Phoenix where they will have to pay far in excess of the
annual R50 rental they have been paying in Inanda.

Robberies in broad daylight and car thefts at night had become a common feature and most people were too terrified to go on living there much Added to this disadvantage, the family which presently has a spacious five
bedroomed house will have to adjust to living in smaller quarters, and will
longer.
have to do without the large yard they now have.
Of the 900 odd families who will have to make way for the African townBut despite their natural dislike of being moved out of a settled area, most
ship almost half have already left the area.
A large proportion of the remaining families consists of landowners who people in Inanda have now got to a stage where they are impatient to move
out since they know that sooner or later the move will have to be made.
are awaiting payment of compensation by the State before moving.

COMPENSATION

Large tracts of land in Inanda is owned by joint families and most fear
that the compensation they will get will be too small to enable them to
build houses in an area of their choice.
Officials who came around recently told us that we will be paid compensation for every tree, every plant on our property. Yet according to their
valuation the five acres of land owned by a family is worth only R33 000
said the wife of a landowner in the area.
When you consider that six of his brothers have to share in the land, and
if we do get paid out R33 000 for the land, it means my husband will only
get about R4 700 as his share said the lady who did not want to be identi-

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Boodles, Durbans newest disco which opened last Friday just oodles with all good
things that make for a great time out. There to savour the scene were (from left)
Lynette Bhabha, Tessa Hitler, Mary Fynn, Rebecca Cleary and Anita Hitler. Phoro:
A. Lotz.

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The music just sends me. Two photo comments on

the effect of music on dancers photographed at the
Himalaya Hotel last Saturday.

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Marlene Murugen of Chatsworth, Anita Manlkam of Isipingo Hills and Sherilene

Sunder of Chatsworth who were chosen last Saturday as entrants for the August
Girl contest at the Gaysands Resturant.

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Dinesh Bridglall and Sharika Sooldal, of Port Shepstone, who were among the large crowed that has an
enjoyable time at the plush Khayyam disco on Saturday night.

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Navi Govender and

Indran Govender
photographed at the
Khayyam last Saturday night. Patrons at
the popular Isipingo
discotheque can look
forward to a bumper
night of entertainment
on 17 August when
prizes will be awarded
to competition winners, the best dressed
couple among others.

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Feroza Ahmed and brother Haroon Ahmed seen on the

crowded dancefloor of Club Manhattan last Saturday
night.

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RECIPES
From our facebook Group Called Grey street Casbah Recipes

Kashmiri
Prawns

Chicken or
Lamb with
Methi Bhaji

by Leila Ally

by Eshana Suleman

ngredients:
500g Chicken/lamb pieces
6 bunches methi bhaji (cleaned, washed and chopped)
1 large onion (finely sliced)
1 large tomato (grated)
1 teaspoon ginger/garlic
4 tablespoons oil
1 teaspoons chilli powder (or more)
1 teaspoon curry powder
1 teaspoon dhunia/jeera powder
Salt to taste
teaspoon turmeric powder
1 sprig curry leaves
Chopped dhunia for garnish

1 kg prawns deveined
1 teaspoon crushed garlic
2 tablespoons chilli powder
1 teaspoon aromat
1 tablespoon lemon pepper
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 teaspoons fish spice
Salt to taste

METHOD:
Heat oil in pot, add onions and fry till golden brown. Add ginger/garlic
and simmer for 30 seconds. Add chicken and spices and simmer until
spices are fried and it starts to catch at the bottom of the pot (on low
heat). Add tomatoes and methi and cook on low heat until methi cooked
and liquid evaporates. It must start to catch at the bottom of the pot.
Garnish with greens and serve with roti.

Method
Wash and drain prawns. Marinate with all spices for about 1/2 hour.
Saut prawns till it changes colour.
For the Sauce
Combine all ingredients for sauce and allow to simmer on a low heat.
Pour sauce over prawns before serving.

Sauce
125g butter
5 tablespoons chilli sauce
3 tablespoons mayonnaise
1/4 cup lemon juice

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FACILITIES
GREY STREET CASBAH NEWS

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The renovated Durban bus rank opposite the Indian market has been wel- They can make this place more comfortable by providing seats for the
comed by the bus drivers, conductors as well as the thousands of commut- passengers.
ers, but they feel more attention could have been given to providing proper I welcome this new rank but I must wait for a bus for another one hour.
facilities there.
Another commuter who traveled on the bus to Chatsworth for about 20
The thousands of people using the ranks daily will now be sheltered from years was concerned about the new rank.
the elements.
He said it was possible the Corporation had built the rank to be taken over
Construction workers have concluded the first phase of erection of the for the White community.
massive structure.
I hope the Whites dont take away the rank from us. We waited for it for
Buses no longer drop off their passengers at the bus rank.
about two decades now and we must resist all attempts by the Corporation
They are left about one hundred and fifty metres from the bus rank, mak- to take away the rank
ing it difficult for commuters to cross the busy Warwick Avenue.
It is alleged that traffic police stand at the bus ranks across the road from
the bus ranks issuing fines to drivers who insist on dropping off passengers
at the stop.
The drivers now have to leave their passengers far from the ranks.
Its is dangerous to drop off the passengers where the buses stop to refuel
and wait their turn for the next loading time.
They are easy victims of robbers who hang around the ranks. As bus drivers we can protect them sometimes, but what happens if we are not there
a bus driver said.
We really dont mind leaving them at the bus rank but we cannot stop
here.
Only a few buses at a time may wait at the ranks at one time.

LOADING
The other buses wait at the service station where they drop off their passengers, and can only make their way to the ranks when it is their time to
load the bus.
Passengers generally are nuisance at the rank, bus driver claim.
They wont board a bus thats got no music or is not draped with curtains
or one that is old.

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An old car seat is the only place to sit.

They want to travel in luxury. They stand in groups at the ranks waiting
for a pretty bus to get to the rank to start loading one driver said.
A 65 year old grandmother, tired from her chores in the market and carrying parcels of fruit and vegetables sat on a car seat left there by a rank
manager.

SEATS
While commuters have seats at their bus stops, why cant we Mrs Ellama Chetty asked.
The Corporation gave a pretty bus rank but at least they could provide
seats for the passengers.
We come tired from work and from our shopping, we must rest while
waiting for our bus she said.
She said she worked for about 33 years and for several years had taken
the bus to her home in Unit 5, Chatsworth< and had waited in the sun and
rain for a bus.
I am happy with the place but if they can provide seats for the Whites they
can do it for us Mrs Chetty said.
An Isipingo Hills mother, Mrs Howa Hoosen said she last went into town
last month and last week was the first time she took a bus at the new rank.

COMFORTABLE

The rank is much better now she said.

Leader / Casbah

The renovated bus rank, sheltered but without amenities.

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COMMENTS FROM OUR FACEBOOK GROUP

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Please can we name the tearoom's we can remember, also give

street name. If outside casbah give the name of the area, street
name and tearoom's name.
Richard George van Wyk: C. N. RANA.........entrance to mayville.....jan smuts drive 1960s,
Ishaan Blunden: Broadway cafe cnr Grey Street
and Carlisle Street. Kit Kat Cafe and Rank Cafe
in Warwick Avenue.

sold the best food in Dbn.

The Grapevine in grey street. Phew that place
was so decorated with vines leaves and bunches
of grapes that u had to avoide them as u walked
into the resturant. LOL

Shereen Bagwandin: Tasty Eats in Shiraz Arcade. I used to go there for the best bunnies in
town every Saturday after doing my shopping.
The Golden Peacock Restuarant

Chevron Beamish Fredericks: Wills Rd....Raf's

Jeff Bremner: Solly's tearoom in Randells Road what was the name of that shop cnr Verbena's
sydenham
and Wills Rd...I can pucture the guys face name
escapes me....Think it was Ibby...
George Jithoo: Vathi's in RandlesRoad
Chevron Beamish Fredericks top of the rock in
Tyrone Frost Richie: the first *CRYSTAL effingham rd...
CAFE* I know was in # ALICE STREET #
George Jithoo: Koeksusters from Ahmedy's in
Richard George van Wyk: Jithoos in randles Randles road
rd!! Reddys as well. Bazley stores opp shifa randles road
Zakira Patel: Patels on Grey street

Buddy Govender: Pepe's Cafe opposite the Raj

in Prince Edward St...
D. Nana's on the corner of Cross and Prince edward St

Jeff Bremner @ Tyrone: you right mate I can re- Ronald Riley: Chip n Ranch. Sparks Road
member buying nut and worms friday nite after
scout from St Rafeals and it was just pass the DC Gillian Frances White: The Deli in Grey Street
bus depo.
was one of my favourites. @ Henry. Your memory is amazing.
Ted Bremner: You had top pillay and bottom
pillay in Old Dutch Road you could buy a soft Shiraz Omar: Star Cafe Cnr.Of First Ave.and
drink for tupence and a lucky packet for a tickey Garnet Rd.Then across the road next to Bellwith real toys in them
haven Hall also was across Kent Road was called
Ancona.
Anand Sithloo: Victory Lounge, the best bhujia,
nuts and puri patha,sweetmeats in a big brown Sibs Veerasamy Naidu: My Grandmother lived
paper oil stained bag.
in Short Street and the shop of call for us was
NANA corner of Prince Edward Street.
Ted Bremner: Hansa's for their chicken and giblets
Gillian Frances White: I lived in Second Avenue,
Greyville. Star Tearoom/Cafe and the cafe/teaJeff Bremner: @ Anand and we never worried room on the corner of Second Avenue which was
about our cholesterol those days
run by the Fan family, were our locals. Also Ancona.
Ted Bremner: Does anyone remember the Greek
Cafe on Berea rd below Wiilliams Hunt and the Ashwin Jagaroop: Kapitans Balcony and
one over the road from Berea Gardens this place Dhanjee Fruiterers cnr Victoria and Grey street,
I might add if you were a fair skinned bruin ou Cassilas in Victoria Street, Goddwill Lounge in
you would be able to sit at the ice cream parlour Victoria Street, Avalon Cafe cnt Victoria and Alsmile emoticon
bert Street, GC Kapitans and Bhagats in Grey
street, Rajput in Queen street, Ginos Cafe in
Ishaan Blunden: Hans Cafe cnr Brickfield and Prince Edward street, Vita Snacks in passage in
Sparks Road.
Prince Edward st, Pravina's Cafe in a passage in
Victoria Street and Simon's Cafe!
Ted Bremner: Dont forget Jilani Cafe for their
stale fried fish that was in the shop window dis- Sean Edmund: Blue Swan opp Blitz, the owner,
play
the late Dori.
Sean Edmund *opp
Henry James Smuts: DONT FORGET SIMONS
CAFE WHERE YOU COULD HAVE A QUICK Buddy Govender: Sunny's Cafe in the forecourt
NIP MAINSTAY WITH A CHILLIE CHAS- of Goodhope Centre, Queen St...
ER AND A GLASS OF WATER TO WASH IT
DOWN. ALSO REMEMBER EPSON GARAGE Shabbir Khan: Danjee's (cnr.grey n victoria
IN UMGENI RD OPENED TILL 2PM IN UM- street),Springbok tearoom(cnr.leopold n grey
GENI RD -USED TO SELL GOOD BUNNIES str),Naidoo's tearoom(next to Anjuman school-THEN THERE WAS THE PIE CART IN PINE leopold str).
ST WHERE YOU COULD GET MUCH MORE
THAN A EGG SARMIE AFTER MIDNIGHT
Sean Edmund: Tic Shop in Lorne Street

Buddy Govender: Soobiah's Tuck Shop outside

his house in the grounds of Sastri College

Hazel Joy Tweedie: The Deli in Grey street, they

Buddy Govender: Av's in Queen Street (opp

Hoosains Bldg)
Buddy Govender: Simons Cafe in Victoria Street
Sharon Johns: Moolas near epsom road primary school sold the best bombay crush!!!

Zane Abrahams: ..Anconas Cafe and Star Tearoom in First Ave Greyville
Colette Steeneveldt Jalaram: Supply Store - 85
Beatrice Street, Twin Stores, Rajah's Shop
February 3, 2013 at 3:16pm Like
Colette Steeneveldt: Frank's Fish & Chips in
Carlisle Street
Oriele Yon Hulley: Bake 'n Take in Albert
Street... in the 70's/80's...
Buddy Govender: Solly's in Randles Rd (opposite my gran, Bella Abdie's house)
Colette Steeneveldt: The "Kiosk in Goodhope
Centre Queen Street
Shereen Bagwandin: Naaz Snack Bar
Cheryl Duchesne Augustus: Reddys sparks rd
and the bakery next door late Robie Brooks
worked for mr Reddy as a young guy and there
after opened his own butchery ROBIES BUTCHERY in barns rd it used to be Comichaels have to
check the spelling
Oriele Yon Hulley: Jethoo in randles road
'60s/70s/80's..., Kahns in Randles road
50's/60's/70's/80's ..., Darwads in Spearmn
Road... 50's/60's/70's/80's...
Cheryl Duchesne Augustus: Adams shop in Randells rd, ISSYS In spearman rd
Yusuf Karim: Hawks Nest, Morbros Kiosk
Bernadette Momple' Lieveaux: Sunshine Tea
room. Stamford Hill Road near. St. Joseph's
Church.

Shabbir Khan: Swift stores cnr Crescent n ridge Ishaan Blunden, Avalon Tearoom, in Victoria
rd
Street, next to the Avalon Bio (Dreamland)

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FUN WALK

ATTRACTS 300

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NEW ORLEANS
SINK RANGERS
By Rabi Gobind

New Orleans of North Coast again proved to Natal soccer fans

that they are one of the best soccer sides in the province, when
they beat Bluff Rangers 1-0 at Curries Fountain on Sunday.
Rangers, who had put up a brilliant performance played New
Orleans in the quarter finals of the SASF interclub knockout cup competition. New Orleans now enters the semi-finals
against Border club.

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The Isipingo Secondary School Youth Clubs fun walk gets under way.
Over 300 entrants participated in the Isipingo Secondary School Youth Clubs first
fun-walk on Sunday 4 August.
The Fun walk gave an opportunity to the public to give practical application to the
Youth Year themes of Participation Development and Peace whilse enabling the
Youth Club to rise funds for a school project.
The overall winners were Yunus Hoosen, Anban and Reberson Reddy.

New Orleans and Bluff Rangers provided an exciting and entertaining goalless first half. Both sides played a fast running
game.
New Orleans just got an edge on Bluff Rangers in the last 10
minutes of the game when Basil Hurst scored from a Winston
Diplock pass.
New Orleans was well served bt every player, but the brilliance
of Kevin Pretorious at centre-half Morris Kast, was everywhere upfront and Winston Diplock made the difference between winning and losing.
Bluff Rangers tried every trick in the book but luck just kept
on evading them.
Outstanding for Bluff Rangers were Bob Williams and his
right half Raymond A.K. Adams, fresh from his professional
stint with Tongaat Crusaders in the FPL, was playing very well
in the Bluff Rangers goal before his sad exit from the field due
to injury.

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Winners Yunus Hoosen, Anban Reddy and Roberson Reddy.

Pics: Vasanthie Pillai.

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