The Mount Prospect Cemetery near Majuba contains the grave of Sir George Pomeroy Colley, who was killed at Majuba, officers an men from HMS Boadicea and Dido, and members of the 58th and 60th Regiments, The battle of Majuba was
Please click on the link below to access the August 2019 events diary for KZN Events Diary 2019 08 August
This monument and stone is to the south of Stanger, near Groutville and has commanding views to the north and south. It is said that Shaka used the rock as a seat to review his impi’s on manoeuver. Images: Hugh
Whilst photographing at Weston College, Mooi River, I came across the grave of General Buller’s, faithful dog ‘Yalu”, that died in 1907, and is buried alongside one of the old farm houses used as a billet by the British. I
TITLE OF TALK: Durban’s Afro-Indian race riots of 1949 SPEAKER: Prof Goolam Vahed The ‘Durban riots’ of 1949 were a bitter conflict marked by racialised violence between Indian and African residents of the city, which occurred over the
Please click on the link below to access the Society’s quarterly newsletter prepared by Chair-lady, Angie St George. The quarter has been very busy with amongst other events, outings to Old St Thomas Church, the Daphne Strutt award evening,
SANS June 2019 meeting: 50th anniversary of the first moon landings To celebrate the historic event of Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin becoming the first people to walk on the surface of our moon in July
A group photo taken at the Holocaust Centre, of SANS members, led by Angie St George. The focus was their July exhibition called The Promise.The tour guides Maureen Chaminsky and her colleague Gugu did include a full tour of the
The SA National Society recently had an outing to the Nottingham Road area and used the Nottingham Road Hotel as it’s base. Below are four images: The first is a current image of the hotel, the middle image, a very