8 THE WITNESS, MONDAY, JUNE 7, 2010
PHONE: 033 355 1111 EMAIL: [email protected] September 5, 2013 THE WITNESS 9 ANATOLE FRANCE, FRENCH AUTHOR AND CRITIC (18441924).PLANET | WEBSITE: www.witness.co.za www.witness.co.za It is only the poor who are forbidden to beg. INSIGHT NEW BOOK OUTLINES WATER CONFLICTS
Rocky ACCESS to clean water has always been a defining mark of advanced societies, author Steven Solomon The old man and the cow notes in his new history of water. ‘Remember and Sasha But it hasn’t always been appar- An unlikely team helps a heifer in distress ent how central water has been to national and regional conflicts. By VILLAGE VET tracing the story around the world THE ikhehla had been waiting for ean section. I looked across at a line eyes as big as saucers and no longer and through the centuries, Solomon me for a while, sitting ram-rod of expectant faces. Failure would with a song in his heart. reaches some compelling conclu- straight, his shoes polished like a mean the death of the cow,one third Using similar techniques we cut sions about what he calls the “age to call at mirror, his hat in his hand. He had of the breeding herd. It was not an and ripped off the front legs. The of scarcity” that is fast rising around a big nkinga. One of his cows had option torso was by now protruding but us. been battling to give birth for at I resigned myself to a long, tedi- stuck like a fat pig in a small hole. “Fresh water is overtaking oil as least two days and needed some ur- ous and smelly procedure of pulling The sick man by now had also re- the scarcest critical resource. In the gent veterinary attention. It was the calf out bit by bit. tired to the shade of a stunted pa- same way oil gave a shape to geopol- Friday 4 pm, bad timing. By this time we had enlisted the perbark tree and the old man was itics and the environment and our I piled him into my pick-up with aid of a passer-by who had been providing as much energy as a torch daily lives in the 20th century,water a heavy heart and left our littered spotted weaving his way home from with a flat battery.I resorted to tying is starting to do so in the 21st centu- my grave’ OCKY lovedTHE me. He and I saw eye to city, climbing up the hills to the up- eye from the first moment we met. the local shebeen, a quart bottle a thick rope to the torso of the dis- ry,” Solomon told Reuters in an in- Vegetarianism should be a top per reaches of Sweetwaters town- RVILLAGEHe was a large, cuddly, VET black, teddy firmly clasped in his fist and a song membered calf and the other end to terview. STEPHEN COAN looks at what led Chérif Keita on a priority to protect the environment. ship. bear of a Labrador. A friend more than a on his lips. Important tasks were the old man’s aged arm and wedg- Former United Nations secre- His homestead was a reflection of patient. I was a judge at a local school pet delegated to my merry band of as- ing him behind a pole. I then strad- tary-general Boutros Boutros-Ghali of water détente that helps forge re- show at the time and had given him second journey to find Nokutela Dube’s longforgotten grave himself. His daub-and-wattle house prize in “the friendliest dog” category and sistants. The gogo was tasked with dled the rope, bouncing up and “long ago predicted that the wars of gional peace.” had been recently whitewashed havethe award possibly for the drowned third biggest a short dog on man. ensuring that the heifer remained downonituntil,atlast,therestofthe the 21st century are going to be Solomonsayscapitalistdemocra- and ensure that her deeds were recognised and a small garden of pink and Theshow.heifer He obviously was appreciated tied to a the post accolade in a attached to the fence pole, the calf suddenly exploded from the fought over water”, Solomon said. cies blessed with mild climates like white flowers greeted the en- relativelyand became a dry firm corner favourite ofin our the clinic. kraal daughter held the tail up and away heifer like the sneeze from a kid “So far that has not happened. In the U.S. are best placed to help the AST Saturday, a tombstone was His first owners had emigrated to Canada unveiled in Johannesburg Brix STUDY: GO VEGGIE, CUT trance.The yard was devoid of grass andin the was early ninetieseasily anddistinguishable his next family had by from the rear end, and the pulling with a cold, leaving the ikhehla and fact, people have co-operated more water “have nots” survive the perils Lton’s Cemetery over the previ but had recently been raked and themoved swarm to a small of flies property hovering in the Cape around be crew, consisting of the sick, the myself in a heap in the mud and the than they have had conflicts over of the next few decades, as aquifers ously unmarked grave of Nokutela FOSSIL FUELS TO AID brushed. A poor man’s abode but herfore Hilde rear and end. her clan adopted him. He re drunk and the aged, were lined up dung water.However,now we are deplet- begin to tap out and melting glaciers Dube, née Mdima, the first wife of John one that was maintained with pride spondedWhile with I changed contentment into to the gumboots love, at behind me. His hat had long since been dis- ing resources and populations are reduce river flows. Langalibalele Dube, first president of and devotion. andtention overalls and security and that collected his newimpahla family be The procedure involved an epi- carded, his shoes were no longer growing faster and scarcity levels He says seeing and valuing water the ANC, creator of the Ohlange Insti PLANET stowed on him. And with this, his weight tute at Inanda, and founder of the I was greeted with courtesy (if not zamiballooned.together, He wobbled two into strips our clinic of corru- with dural which anaesthetised the back recognisable, his starched shirt and are becoming greater. Ecosystems content in our modern lifestyles, newspaper Ilanga lase Natal. optimism) by his wife, a gnarled and gatedHilde one iron day, were and they detached ambled out from again, the area allowing me to get a wire saw ironed pants could have been used are beginning to give out.” products, services and resources — That Nokutela was an important fig genteel old woman, his daughter roofarmed of with a nearby dire warnings lean-to about and the placed detri inside the heifer and around the as props in Dirty Jobs and his arm Solomon’s book, Water: The Epic grain, for example, as “virtual wa- ure in her own right was made clear and her husband, a thin and sickly overmental the effects worst of carrying of the too mud, much creating flab calf’s neck. The drunk was tasked was almost detached from his body StruggleforWealth,PowerandCivi- ter” — is also vital to new thinking. earlier in the preceding week when she AN overhaul of world farming and with his owner clutching a large bag of was awarded a posthumous Mahatma and more vegetarianism should man, who was unlikely to be of any aprescription path to diet the food. heifer. As I recall, he had with sawing the head of the calf off but, as he lay on his back in the mud, lization, ranges from antiquity to “We could be a mini-Saudi Arabia Gandhi Satyagraha Award by the Gan be top priorities to protect the assistance if strength and energy hisMy usual examination happy look on his of whiskered the animal face and pulling the severed head out, for the first time a smile appeared the current day, telling a story of so- of water, producing the food, the in- dhi Development Trust at a function environment, along with curbs were required. wasas he left not our at premises, all encouraging. obviously unaware The the traction provided by a rope at- on his weathered countenance. cieties from ancient Egypt and dustrial goods that are water inten- held at Durban’s City Hall. on fossil fuel use, a United Na A corner of the yard was enclosed deadand undeterred calf was by firmly his future wedged fast. To in her her tached to the head with hooks in- And I had to sleep in the spare Rome to modern America, Europe, sive, many of the water-intensive When the descendants of Nokutela credit, Hilde took the task to heart. Early Dube, went up on stage to accept her tionsbacked study said recent with a miscellany of wire and pelvismornings and and evenings putrefaction would often had find bal- serted into the eye sockets. This room that night. India and China. energy products that go into making award, much mention was made of Chérif Keita (left) with Lulu Dube, the only surviving daughter of John ly. planks. Here, the herd (which com- loonedthem powerwalking the carcase around with the neighbour putrid- gory and strenuous exercise proved He illuminates many current hot things, for a world that is increas- Chérif Keita and the key role he has Langalibalele Dube, after a showing of the rough cut of his new The report said food produc prised two cows, a heifer and a calf) smellinghood, burning gas up and the limited liquid. calories The al calf too much for the poor man who re- spots through the lens of water: a ingly thirsty, if we would accelerate played in bringing Nokutela Dube back documentary, Ukukhumbula Nokutela (Remembering Nokutela), at an ANC tion and fossilfuel use causes was kraaled at night. A recent wouldlowed by never the diet be and delivered eating away in at its his en- tired to his warm Black Label and • The author is a practising vet world of “haves” and “have nots” the productivity increases that into history, as well as finding her long conference marking 100 years of the ANC Women’s League, which was waistcoat of fat. I am sure it was a mutual forgotten grave. held at Coastlands Hotel last month. pollution, greenhouse gases, downpour had created a quagmire, tiretyly beneficial through arrangement the pelvis. and every The couple heifer was last seen ambling down the with a passion for his profession getting worse by the day, seeding vi- we’ve already had in our water re- Forwelloveradecade,Keitahasbeen PHOTO: RAJESH JANTILAL diseases and forest destruc the depth of which, in places, would wouldof weeks also they neverwould arrive survive for a a weighin, Caesar- lane, smelling like a blocked drain, and a giggle in his heart. olence and instability. But he also sources. The way to do that is to let uncovering the history of the Dubes tion. Hilde, her face pink and healthy from the argues that the crisis presents an the market forces operate in the wa- and, in what can only be called a labour “How the world is fed and exertion, and Rocky with his customary opportunity for capitalist democra- ter realm,” Solomon said. of love, he has made two films to take smile. Eventually, he reached his target his findings to a wider audience. fuelled will, in large part, define weight. He had lost nearly a quarter of his cies, such as the United States, to as- But he does not support unfet- Keita, professor of French and Fran development in the 21st centu body mass and it probably extended his life sert new global leadership. tered free-market water pricing. cophone African and Caribbean litera ry,” said the 112page report by by a similar proportion. He was now a lean, “The truth is that the legions of Government leadership to set fair tures at Carleton College, Northfield, the International Panel for Sus energetic, athlete of a dog. His achievement the world’s water disenfranchised goals and clear rules for all is key, Minnesota, in the U.S., as well as an was recognised by the manufacturers of the are continuing to swell,” Solomon with market pricing geared to en- authority on the music of his native tainable Resource Manage diet food and he became a finalist in the country, Mali, first visited South Africa ment. National Pet Slimmer of the Year competi writes of the 2,5 billion people who courageefficiencyandconservation in 1999. “I travelled with 18 students “Agricultural production ac tion. The dignitaries arrived down from Jo lack basic sanitation and more than for all consumers, big and small. to hear stories from South Africans,” counts for 70% of the global hannesburg for the presentation cocktail one billion who lack safe drinking “You can do it in a tiered price sys- he told The Witness in a previous inter party and I can remember vividly him sit water every day. tem, where the lower volume users view. “There were heartrending sto freshwater consumption, 38% ting on the back seat of the car as they ar ries, and stories to celebrate.” of the total land use and 14% rived. Ramrod straight. Like royalty. I al “When all the Nile basin countries have a lower price and the higher Back in 1999, Keita also met Zenzele of the world’s greenhouse gas most expected him to fan out his paw in are counted, some half-a-billion volume a higher price. You have to Dube,grandsonofJohnDube,whotold emissions,” said Achim Steiner, salutation to the fawning masses. The people — overwhelmingly young, tackle the agriculture issue, which Keita how his grandfather’s education weightloss programme aside, I saw a lot of poor and bred among continuous vi- is a very difficult one because food in the U.S. had provided the impetus head of the UN Environment him throughout his life, often popping in at for his life when he returned to South Programme (Unep). their home for minor veterinary issues. olence — will be struggling to live can’tcompeteonamarketlevelwith Africa. “When I heard this I thought The report said consumers There was never any need for restraint, even off the waters of the Nile” by 2025, industry for water,” he says. I had to get the story of Dube in the Lillian Makhatini, greatniece of Nokutela Dube, speaking after accepting could help by cutting down on during uncomfortable procedures. I would he says of one area facing water Solomon said investors are ready U.S.,” said Keita, “and bring it back to the Mahatma Gandhi Satyagraha Award that was awarded posthumously meat consumption and use of usually get a slobbery tongue in my ear for famine. and willing to respond to the world South Africa as a token of my gratitude to Dube by the Gandhi Development Trust at a function that was held my troubles. for all the stories I heard while I was at the Durban City Hall last week. fossil fuels for heating or trav Even when I visited him for the final Other places may be even bigger water crisis but are awaiting politi- here.” PHOTO: RAJESH JANTILAL el. “Animal products are impor time. It was the day after Christmas, 2002. powder kegs — Turkey, Syria and cal leadership. Thus began a project that saw Keita tant because more than half of He was 14 years old when I gave him his Iraq fighting over the Tigris and “Government has a critical role to make the awardwinning documentary V CHÉRIF KEITA, discussing the world’s crops are used to last injection. He was a sweet, iconic dog Euphrates, Pakistan and India over play to force stakeholders to come film OberlinInanda: The Life and right to the end. the Indus, China’s water-stressed together,”hesaid.“Peopleareready Times of John L. Dube, which linked the Nokutela Dube’s tour of the U.S. in feed animals, not people,” it Sasha hated me. She was born on a farm story of Inanda to Dube’s education in said. in the Nottingham Road district, the northern grain areas, over its con- to invest. I’ve been out in New York the U.S. at Oberlin College in Ohio. the late 1890s singing click songs “A substantial reduction of daughter of a boerbul mother and a large, trol of Tibet, origin of Asia’s great and spoken to private equity people. Keita followed up with another film, impacts would only be possible dark German Shepherd dad. She had ar rivers. There’s a lot of money sitting on the Cemetery Stories: A Rebel Missionary rived shortly before Rocky’s final days and But he also examines, say, Jordan sidelines waiting to be invested in in South Africa, detailing the previous “Miriam Makeba was so excited with a substantial worldwide had formed this opinion of me early on in ly untold story of the American mis diet change, away from animal her life. Which was strange because her and Israel through the lens of water. water. But investors don’t know sionary Reverend William Wilcox, un in November 2001, when I told products.” family and their close friends knew her as a It has driven accords, not just wars. where and how yet. It reminds me der whose wing Dube first went to the Researchers said it was no loving, devoted pet, devoid of malice. I am Citing advances Israel has made almost of the pre-Dot Com boom pe- U.S. Keita also organised the Wilcox her about Nokutela, and proud not sure why she did not like me. Perhaps with desalination, drip irrigation, riod, this interest in clean, sustaina- descendants’ visit to South Africa in surprise fossil fuels were a top she was jealous of the attention I gave 2007 to meet the Dube family. to have been on a trail blazed concern. Rocky. Maybe she associated me with pain and other technology, he writes: “It ble technology. So I’m a little bit Keita now visits South Africa on an “More surprising was food and insecurity, and viewed me with distrust. ispossiblethatwithrarestatesman- hopeful. But we have an immense annual basis. “I feel like a local. I have by another young South African production — agriculture, fish It could be that her breeding had some ship and sufficient desperation, a political problem.” — Reuters. even been given a Zulu name, Zwelethu ing and pasture,” Edgar Hert thing to do with it. Whatever the reasons, Middle Eastern water famine might [it means “our land”, but is used here woman more than 50 years it was an attitude that persisted throughout in the sense that he belongs to the wich, lead author at the Norwe her life and even, probably, deteriorated lead inexorably not to devastating A water war on the Nile? — see place]. I feel like a child of KwaZuluNa before her.” gian University of Science and with time. I, no doubt, exacerbated the warfare but to a co-operative model page 10 tal.” Technology, told Reuters. problem. It is difficult to give love when it DuringavisittoSouthAfricain2011, to the U.S. where he attended Oberlin Book, published in 1911. In it there is Reform “will be a Titanic is not reciprocated, but, although I tried to Keita gave the John Langalibalele Dube College. When Dube returned to Natal A Prayer for the Children of Ohlange. establish a relationship with her during her PHOTO: SUPPLIED Memorial Lecture at the Edgewood he accepted a teaching post and, in It’s to the tune of Nkosi Sikelele Africa task, but one that is essential formative, bonding years when she was SCHOOLS: BENEFITING THE ENVIRONMENT Campus of the University of KwaZulu 1894, married Nokutela Mdima. The butwithdifferentwords.It’sessentially for our future prosperity and From gutters to rivers by Athablile Dlamini,small and Grade cuddly, 4, this St affection Nicholas was not Diocesan re School, produced for last year’s Living Waterways art exhibition. Natal, but spent the rest of his time fol couple subsequently made several vis a praise song of Dube. quality of life”, Janez Potocnik, turned. As she grew older and her canines lowing another Dube trail, that of its to the U.S., mainly to raise funds to “Ohlange was her creation along European environment commis more pronounced, so a status quo evolved ECOSCHOOLS encourages pupils, A joint partnership between Afri- Nokutela Mdima, who became Dube’s realise their joint vision of an inde with John’s, and as such she was the which involved me ignoring her as much as first wife. pendent school for Africans. first mother of the children of Oh sioner, said in a statement. Learning aboutpossible and rivers she only growling at inme if I a fun and interactive way teachers, parents and the sur- can Conservation Trust, Wildlands “John Dube led me to the Wilcoxes “It was a great partnership that gen lange.”But the powerful partnership of Increasing wealth in develop ventured too close. Mostly she tried her rounding community to play an ac- Trust and WESSA/WWF EcoSchools and they led me back to Nokutela,”said erated so much in terms of fund rais husband and wife was to come to an ing nations could mean more best to get as far away from me as possible. tive role in how their school can be focusing on waste mangement in Keita. “It’s as if she is crying out for ing,”said Keita. “And they were valued abrupt end. In 1914, as revealed in damage, such as more demand THE Duzi uMngeni Conservation inThis, community of course, was cleanup not always activities feasible. that She display at the Liberty Midlands Mall the environmental health of the managed for the benefit of the envi- the Pietermaritzburg area gives myattention — thatshehasinvitedme there as equals. The Los Angeles Times Heather Hughes 2011 biography, First became difficult to handle during the rare to speak for her. I did what I did for of February 13, 1898, featured Nokutela President, Dube had a child by a female for meat. Trust (Duct) in partnership with A arevisits held to our each clinic year for surgical towards procedures, the end between October 5 and October 11. Msunduzi and Umgeni rivers. ronment. Practical steps are taken schools the opportunity to be part John Dube and for the Wilcoxes, now in its feature Women of note. student at Ohlange. The child died “Meat consumption per capi Rocha invites junior and senior pri- ofso September it became necessary as part for of me International to do house The theme for this year’s story is A Rocha is an international nature to reduce the environmental impact of a waste recycling project. This it’s Nokutela’s turn.” An American journalist described shortly thereafter, making it easier to ta in China rose by 42% over mary schools in the Duzi-Umgeni Rivercalls toand attendCoastal to minor ailments. Cleanup These Day. “Heart to Heart” and pupils are invit- conservation organisation working of the school by following a simple Wildlands Trust recycling project Keita describes the Wilcoxes as the Nokutela as “young, with blazing black prevent the matter becoming public eight years from 1995 to 2003,” catchment areas to register to par- Aimedvisits were at quiteraising stressful awareness for both of for us im- and ed to create an artwork in a medium to show God’s love for all creation process based on environmental aims to support 130 schools within American adoptive parents of John eyes, smooth brown skin and hand knowledge. ticipateinitsannualRiverCareCam- provingusually entailed the health Hilde wrestling of the her Duzi to the and of their choice, in response to this and is committed to environmental management systems. It recognises the next two years with the Eco- DubeandNokutelaNdima.“Theyboth some regular features. She speaks good In an interview with The Witness, The tombstone placedsaid over Sangwon the previously Suh unmarked of the grave Uni of Nokutela Dube (inset), which was unveiled in the floor and me trying to ensure that the nee grew up to together as mission chil English with a deliberation that is Hughes talked about the event, one Brixton Cemetery inversity Johannesburg of California, last Saturday. Santa Bar paign. There are three activities Umgenidle attached rivers, to the schools syringe I can was choose carrying to theme within the context of the main action through community-based schoolsthatcanshowhowtheyhave Schools Programme providing the dren,” said Keita. “They were both charming and in the softest voice in the more tragedy than scandal. “It came PHOTO: SUPPLIEDbara. planned for 2010. organisepenetrated cleanupdog flesh. I activities think I was in usually their topic, “Healthy communities need conservation projects. improved the quality of environ- environmental educational support moulded by William and Ida Wilcox. world. Her manner is grace itself.” out of a long, long period of pain, al Janet Salem of Unep said • River health education days pro- schoolsuccessful. surrounds, I don’t ever community recall Hilde com areas healthy rivers”. Schools wanting to participate in mental learning and sustainable for participating schools. Nokutela was Ida’s pupil at Inanda “During the tour of the U.S. with most mourning, that he and Nokutela taken to Sophiatown. But it was too ing place. Since then, an engravedvide pupilslands Hotel with near opportunities the Durban beach for orplaining on the of banks a short, of sharp the Duzi pain during or Umgeni the Benefits of participation include river care health days and the com- management in their schools and The Eco-Schools programme is from 1881 on. John, she was the first black South Afri couldn’t have children,” she said. late. Nokutela died onthe January report 26, 1917, shouldmarker remind stone has peo been placed on the front. Speaking at this event, Keita grapple. Sasha never actually bit me, I don’t “In 1882, at the age of about 13, can woman to use music to speak about “In hindsight, we don’t have to mor and was buried in theple Brixton in urban Ceme areasgrave andthat last clear weekend the final tomblearningquoted about the healthy poem Remember rivers inby a Don fun riversthink, but or she one did of mistake their Hilde tributaries. for me on cross-curricular opportunities to en- munity cleanup activities can con- community. Participating schools made possible by the assistance of Nokutela wrote an essay titled My her people, mesmerising audiences in alise or be judgmental. We can explain tery, her grave recordedance in theofdistant burial stone forests was unveiled. — mak Attending theand cere interactiveMattera, the way. first line The of focus which reads: is on Ductone occasion co-ordinates and sank her community imposing teeth and gage pupils in learning about river tact Carolyn Scott at Duct at can network with environmentally the national funders, Pareto and Home, which Ida sent to the Rice Coun the late 1890s singing click songs,”said and understand. It was the end of their register as CK 2973.ing The CK way standing for farmlandmony was and the former de KZN premiergroup and activities“Remember that to call introduce at my grave a when sim- schoolinto her groups hand. I had during tranquillised the campaign her prior catchments and river health, and 033 345 7571. To register your conscious schools on a local, nation- Nedbank Green Trust, and the PMB ty Journal in Northfield, Minnesota, Keita. marriage and the end of their joint ven for “Christian Kaffir”. now ANC national treasurer,ple Zweli methodfreedom of finally determining walks the land.” water andto cutting provides her nails support. on their kitchen floor. challenging pupils to find innovative school for the Msunduzi Living Wa- al and international level. Recycling Node is funded by African the Wilcoxes home town,” he said. “Miriam Makeba was so excited in ture.” Three years later, instroying 1920, Dube habitats mar Mkhize, of animals Minister of Arts and Culture Keitahasdonefarmorethanremem During the procedure, she awoke from her “It was published as part of a regular November 2001, when I told her about Nokutela was so distressed that she ried Angelina Khumalo.and They plants had six — couldPaul Mashatile, be traced and KZN MEC forquality So ber by to investigating call at Nokutela’s the grave, presence he has •stupor Pietermaritzburg and took a bite out and of Howick the nearest are- solutions to environmental health terways Art Campaign, please phone The EcoSchools programme en- Conservation Trust. series by Ida who wrote about her expe Nokutela, and proud to have been on left Inanda and went to live on a farm children, four survivingto totheir adulthood. choicecial of food Development in su Weziwe Thusi,of indicator as returned aquatic her to the species national in memory. a river asflesh. are What invited started to as participate a nail clipping in on the a and social issues that bring about Pandora Long at 072 692 8124. Reg- courages pupils to take an active To join the EcoSchools pro- riences as a missionary and she used a trail blazed by another young South in Wakkerstroom in the then Trans Dube died in 1946. permarkets. — Reuters.well as members of the Mdimaor and stream“My near mission your is to school. exhume her in a Ductdog, ended Msunduzi up as a surgical Living procedure Waterways on a lifestyle change and restored river istrations close on June 9. role in how their school can be run gramme phone Pandora Long at Nokutela’s essay to demonstrate the African woman more than 50 years be vaal. “She left everything. It must have The site of Nokutela’s grave was left Dube families. • Schoolsfigurative can registersense,”said to Keita. participate “Nokutela Arthuman. Campaign Such is life. which culminates in a health. Duct’smission is to champion — Supplied. for the benefit of the environment. 072 692 8124 . — Supplied. dedication of Zulu students in learning fore her. ‘Alleluia,’ she said, ‘I come been so tragic for her,”said Keita. “The unmarked and its location forgotten. Those attending the unveiling were is crying for recognition. Biologically It is ironic that last month, when I ad English at Inanda.” along 60 years later and do the same whole incident possibly led to the Something Keita set out to remedy. also shown a rough cut of a new docu she may have been unable to produce ministered her final injection, there was no The Wilcoxes also provided a role thing.’Miriam felt she was part of a tra breakdown in her health.” During his 2011 visit, Keita went to mentary film by Keita, Ukukhumbula children, but intellectually and spiritu struggle, no need for restraint, just a re model as a couple, according to Keita. dition.” Dube also spent much of his time Brixton Cemetery and, assisted by Alan Nokutela (Remembering Nokutela), allyshehadmany,manychildrenatOh signed understanding, an implicit suggestion “Ida went everywhere with her hus Nokutela was a talented musician. in Johannesburg, where the Dube’s had Buff, the manager of Johannesburg’s whichwasshownthepreviousweekend lange, and thousands of intellectual that perhaps, in another life, we would be band; they were always together. And “She built up the musical culture that a house in Sophiatown. When he heard Parks and Gardens, and Rufus in Durban to guests and delegates at heirs who went on to become pioneers friends. Maybe Rocky will be there too. I together they were strong.” was so much part of Ohlange and with Nokutela was suffering from a kidney Moleseng, the cemetery’s caretaker, he an ANC conference marking 100 years in South Africa.” sure hope so. In 1887, William Wilcox took Dube herhusband,sheproducedAZuluSong infection, Dube arranged for her to be was able to locate Nokutela’s final rest of the ANC Women’sLeague at Coast • [email protected] • The writer is a practising vet.