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12 Oct Durban – Berea Presbyterian Church 1896 – New use as fitness centre.

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Presbyterians first arrived in Durban in the 1850's and their first church was in the city centre. As the city expanded they managed to get permission to...

20 Sep Durban Beachfront – Skateboard Graffiti

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The popular Durban Beachfront Skateboard Park is cleverly painted to uplift the grey concrete obstacles. With due acknowledgements to the artists. ...

20 Sep Spionkop – Mount Alice

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[caption id="attachment_119751" align="aligncenter" width="200"] The monument atop Mount Alice[/caption] [caption id="attachment_119752" align="aligncenter" width="300"] View from Mount Alice towards Spionkop[/caption] [caption id="attachment_119753" align="aligncenter" width="235"] Mount Alice views and Diorama[/caption] [caption id="attachment_119754" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Mount Alice view of Spionkop and Vaalkrans[/caption] [caption id="attachment_119755" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The iron bridge at Potgieter's Drift...

20 Sep Inkamana Abbey – Vryheid

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[caption id="attachment_119693" align="aligncenter" width="287"] The Abbey church completed in 1952[/caption] It was a call from Brother Michael from Inkamana Abbey that alerted me to the Abbeys' existence. He was wanting my book on the Trappist Missions of KwaZulu-Natal that I published in 2019. Inkamana Abbey was founded...

15 Sep Annie (Nee Emmett) and Louis Botha

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My Great Great Grandfather Josiah Benjamin Adam Bland, who arrived in SA and married Catharina Frederika du Plessis, of French Huguenot and Boer descent. Their daughter Helena Aletta Bland married Irishman John George Cheere Emmett. Their daughter Annie Francis Bland Emmett married Louis Botha. Louis Botha,...

30 Jul Kloof’s Graffiti

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Often graffiti artists are vilified, however some of these people are artists of note. The Kloof rail overpass has been decorated in fine style. The vibrance and detail of this work is truly reflective of serious talent. ...

03 Jun Martyr’s Cross – Eshowe

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The Martyr's Cross a few kilometers to the east of Eshowe, is on a hill overlooking Gingindlovu and the distant Indian Ocean. The cross is on the site where Maqhamusela Khanyile was sacrificed on 9 March 1877, for his Christian beliefs. He was the first...

20 Mar Rietvlei Methodist Church – 1877.

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The Rietvlei Methodist Church lies between Craigieburn Dam tributaries, a small stone church with a cemetery, many of the graves now having vanished. Those graves that remain are families like the Robinson's, Knox, Varty and Otto's. The church was built by William Ross for 482 pounds....

11 Feb Colinton – 68 Ridge Road, Durban.

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[caption id="attachment_118904" align="aligncenter" width="242"] Sir David Hunter KCMG 1841-1914[/caption] Colinton House on Durban’s Berea was built by Sir David Hunter KCMG in 1898 on a piece of land described as Bock Z of Townlands which at the time was on the outskirts of the Borough. The former...

15 Jan Steward Shaik Hassan’s grave in Durban North Muslim Cemetery.

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To the south of the Pick n Pay Hyper in Durban North is the Muslim Cemetery. Within the cemetery is the sole and lonely military grave of Steward Belal Hassan. Hassan was a crew member of HMS Trent who died on 12 January 1918. Disease...