Plans are afoot to declare the grave of the Xhosa intellectual and writer Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi a heritage site.
This was announced yesterday by the National Heritage Council (NHC) chief executive officer Sonwabile Mancotywa during a visit to Mqhayi’s grave site in Berlin. Mqhayi’s grandson Luvuyo welcomed the announcement.
“We appreciate the initiative by the National Heritage Council. We want the overgrowing vegetation to be cut and for the site to be maintained. My father Zatshoba, mother Nolusapho and sisters are also buried here. I will also be buried here when I die,” he said.
The grave is located on a piece of land owned by the Mqhayi family just adjacent to the Berlin landfill site. Accompanied by BCM mayoral spokesman Luzuko Buku, Mancotywa said the NHC in partnership with the Buffalo City Metro, was planning a SEK Mqhayi Lecture on September 20...