Mpophomeni - Our Pocket of Time
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Mpophomeni's History
zoom Nokulungu Gumede Reconciliation Memorial. |
The Zulu-Mpophomeni Tourism Experience serves as a unique
metaphor for the miracle that is South Africa.
Mpophomeni was founded in 1972 when the original
settlement
was moved under the segregationist policies of the
apartheid govenment. There was much unhappiness about the
move and the farmer whose land was expropriated committed
suicide and had his ashes scattered over the land.
Mpophomeni housed most of the workers at the British Tyre
and Rubber plant in Howick and in 1984 a massive strike
was
called to protest low wages. The entire workforce was
fired
and some of the shop stewards wee subsequently shot.
A Wall of Reconciliation was built to commemorate the 120
people who died in the violence and fittingly, is named
after Nokulunga Gumede, the five-year old who was
run over
by a military vehicle during the cyle of violence.
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