Mweya wechokwadi weSophiatown unoramba uripo, uye unouya Mugovera, Gumiguru 24, Kofifi, sekuzivikanwa kunoitwa nzvimbo yesabhabhu, ichapemberera kusvitsa kwayo makore makumi matanhatu nenzira chete yainoziva nayo - kuburikidza nenziyo nekutamba.
Mumakore ekuma1950, Sophiatown yakanga iri mhango yezviitwa zvezvematongerwo enyika netsika, zvichigadzira vamwe vatungamiri vane mukurumbira muJohannesburg. Zvisinei, hupenyu hwakanaka hwakasvika kumagumo akamwe kamwe uye anorwadza muna 1955 apo hurumende yerusaruraganda yakabvisa nechisimba vagari vemo ndokuvatamisa kunzvimbo dzakasiyana-siyana dzeSoweto, kunyanya Meadowlands.
Guta reJohannesburg rinotora Sophiatown seimwe yenzvimbo dzemuJozi dzinofanirwa kuchengetedzwa senhaka yavo uye kupembererwa nekupa kwavo kumagariro, hunyanzvi uye mimhanzi yeSouth Africa.
The 60th Anniversary Festival, yakarongwa neTiffany's Foundation, ichaitirwa pamusha weExtreme Park. "Tinokurudzira uye tinokurudzira zvirongwa zvakaita seizvi sezvo zvichibatsira mukukwezva kweJohannesburg senzvimbo inonakidza uye yakasiyana-siyana yekushanya," anodaro Laura Vercueil weJoburg Tourism.
Murongi wemutambo uyu, Christo Morolong, anoti chirongwa chemazuva ese chichange chine vatambi vane mukurumbira vakaita seKofifi FM DJ Pops, DJ Yogi Bear, Ray, Die Afrikaans Volk Museik, Fikile Farrow, The Funk neGospel Ensemble pamwe nevatambi vechiTswana neZulu.
“Sophiatown inomiririra ushingi, hunhu uye kutsunga kwevanhu vekuSouth Africa mukuchengetedza zvese zvinoyevedza. Kubviswa nechisimba kwa1955 kwakaparadza dzimba nehupenyu hwezviuru zvevanhu. Zvakadaro, hazvina kuvaparadza mweya wavo,” anodaro Morolong.
Anoti zvisinei nehutsinye uhwu, vazhinji vaimbogara pamwe nevaimbi vakaitwa vamiriri vedzimwe nyika muindasitiri yemimhanzi yekuSouth Africa.
“Kubva muna 1994, vaimbove vagari vemuSophiatown vakatanga kudzokera kunhaka yavo uye kuivaka patsva nekuimutsidzira kuti ive nembiri yayo yekare.
Makore makumi matanhatu mushure mekubviswa nechisimba, tinokudza magamba akamirira kururamisira uye South Africa yakasununguka uye isina utsinye.
"Mutambo uyu ucharatidzawo kuzvipira kwedu kwenguva refu mukubatana kwevanhu uye kusimudzira kunoenderera, uye kuratidza hupfumi hwetarenda uye bhizinesi mukati menharaunda. Izvi zvinangwa zvinogoneka zvinogadzira kuvandudzwa kwehunyanzvi hunodiwa uye mikana yemabasa. "
SANGANO reDance to be Wild, rinova sangano rinoona nezvekuchengetedzwa kwenharaunda, richaburitsa matambudziko ari kukonzerwa nekupara mhosva kwemhuka dzesango.
ZVOKUBVA MUNYAYA INO:
- However, the good life came to an abrupt and painful end in 1955 when the apartheid regime forcibly removed the residents and relocated them to various parts of Soweto, most notably Meadowlands.
- The city of Johannesburg considers Sophiatown as one of Jozi's iconic locations that should be preserved for their heritage and celebrated for their contribution to South Africa's cultural, artistic and musical landscape.
- Mweya wechokwadi weSophiatown unoramba uripo, uye unouya Mugovera, Gumiguru 24, Kofifi, sekuzivikanwa kunoitwa nzvimbo yesabhabhu, ichapemberera kusvitsa kwayo makore makumi matanhatu nenzira chete yainoziva nayo - kuburikidza nenziyo nekutamba.
