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39 unusual facts about KwaZulu-Natal


Al Falaah College

With the growth of the college, in 1997, under the name of Lockhat Islamia College, the high school moved to Umbilo Road, Durban while the primary school was moved to Westville.

All Souls Umhlali

The plans used were the same as those previously drawn up for the Anglican church in Verulam.

Ancylobothrys capensis

The species is common and occurs in rocky areas, particularly on quartzites throughout KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Limpopo Province, North West Province and Botswana.

Barringtonia racemosa

It is found in coastal swamp forests and on the edges of estuaries in the Indian Ocean, starting at the east coast of Mozambique and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) to Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, southern China, northern Australia, the Ryukyu Islands and many Polynesian islands.

Battle of Laing's Nek

The first British camp on the march lay some 4 miles short of Laing’s Nek, a ridge in the foothills of the Drakensberg mountains that blocked the road between Newcastle and Standerton in Natal, South Africa.

Colley gathered his force at Newcastle in Natal, dispatched an ultimatum to the Boers and, on its rejection, advanced towards the Transvaal border.

Bruce Dalling

He went farming in Howick, KwaZulu-Natal, but still served as an assessor in high court cases.

Canonesses of St. Augustine of the Mercy of Jesus

They became established as well in South Africa, where communities were founded at Estcourt, Natal, Durban, Ladysmith, and Pietermaritzburg.

Cyberjack

Vironix was owned by Dave and Paula Hall and originally operated from Westville, Durban.

Dick King

Attached to a boat, the tethered horses swam alongside the boat to the bluff, from where King and Ndongeni escaped.

Drakensberg Boys' Choir School

Drakensberg Boys Choir School is a school near the small town of Winterton, in the heart of the Drakensberg mountain range in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Durban Girls' High School

Durban Girls' High School (known to the students of the school as DGHS) is a public high school for girls located in Glenwood, an upper-middle class suburb of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Elizabeth Maria Molteno

She remained in close contact with the Gandhis, regularly visiting Mr and Mrs Gandhi at their Phoenix Settlement for Indians and even buying property close by at Ohlanga.

Faurea saligna

Found from tropical Africa south to the Transvaal, Swaziland and Natal, often in large communities on sandy soil and along stream beds.

Guy Anstruther Knox Marshall

When he failed the Indian Civil Service entrance examination, his father shipped him off to Natal in South Africa to learn sheep farming.

Harcourt Mortimer Bengough

En route, he received orders to proceed to Helpmakaar near Dundee, KwaZulu-Natal.

Howick High School

Howick High School is situated in the picturesque village of Howick in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands just 20 minutes drive from Pietermaritzburg.

Impati Mountain

Impati Mountain is a mountain near the town of Dundee in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Jae

In Jae's home province of KwaZulu-Natal, the region's premier radio station, East Coast Radio, placed "Missing You" at No. 4 on its list of Top 100 Songs for 2002.

Jan Willem Spruyt

Jan Willem Spruyt (4 July 1826 in Uithoorn, Netherlands – 8 September 1908 in Inanda, Natal), also known as Jan Willem Spruijt and Jan Willem Landskroon Spruijt (birthname), was a South African civil servant, lawyer and statesman of Dutch descent.

Joan Brickhill

She directed and presented, with her husband, Louis Burke, the first South African play in KwaZulu-Natal to be performed for multiracial audiences.

John Medley Wood

For health reasons he moved further inland to Inanda in 1868, where he ran a trading store and did some farming.

Kloof Country Club

Kloof and Champagne Sports Resort are in fact the only courses in KwaZulu-Natal to have bent greens, (soon to be joined by Cotswold Downs in Hillcrest).

Linpark High School

Linpark High School is a co-educational public boarding school situated on Claude Forsyth Rd, in Boughton, a northern suburb of Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Marley's golden mole

This species is known from only two isolated localities on the eastern slopes of the Lebombo Mountains in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Merrivale

Merrivale, KwaZulu-Natal is a small town in the midlands of KwaZulu-Natal Province

Nicholas Bhengu

Rev. Nicholas Bhekinkosi Hepworth Bhengu was born in September 5, 1909 at Entumeni KwaZulu-Natal.

Ossie Dawson

Oswald Charles Dawson MC (1 September 1919, Durban, Natal – 22 December 2008, Umhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal) was a South African cricketer who played in 9 Tests, all against England, in the 1947 and 1948-49 series.

Otelo Burning

Much of the film was shot handheld on location in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal.

Prionium serratum

This species has a disjunct distribution along the southern and south-eastern seaboard from the Western Cape to KwaZulu-Natal on sandstone substrates, growing in dense mats in marshy areas, and in and along streams and rivers.

Psychotria capensis

Psychotria capensis (Eckl.) Vatke is a Southern African evergreen shrub or small tree occurring along the east coast from Knysna through the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

Rytigynia

R. celastroides has the southernmost distribution and occurs as far south as KwaZulu-Natal.

St Catherine's School, Germiston

It was to fill the growing need of education for the children of the miners and merchants in this growing township that the Dominican Sisters of Newcastle, Natal stepped in.

St. Anne's Diocesan College

St Anne's Diocesan College is a private girls' boarding school situated in the small town of Hilton in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands of South Africa.

Stack interchange

The N2 connects Cape Town with Durban, and it serves the South African cities of Port Elizabeth, Plettenberg Bay, Margate, and the iSimangaliso Wetland Park.

Thunee

Ramsamy Naidoo, the sardar at the sugar cane estate of De Charmoy and Angel at La Mercy on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast, and his friends are credited with inventing the exciting six-card game during 1872.

Westville Girls' High School

Westville Girls' High School,(or WGHS), is a public school for girls in Westville, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

William Cullen Wilcox

They were sent to South Africa as missionaries by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions and they arrived in Inanda, north of Durban, in 1881.

The Wilcoxes contribution to South Africa's history was recognised when the Premier of KwaZulu-Natal, Dr Zweli Mkhize, visited Los Angeles to honour them in 2009.


53rd National Conference of the African National Congress

The premier of KwaZulu-Natal, Zweli Mkize was elected as treasurer-general, defeating Arts Minister Paul Mashatile by 2,988 votes to 961, and ousting incumbent Mathews Phosa.

A. magna

Alberta magna, the Natal flame bush, a plant species endemic to South Africa

Andreas Victor Michiels

As governor of the West Coast of Sumatra, in 1843, Michiels had a serious clash with Eduard Douwes Dekker, who was then serving as controller at Natal (now in Mandailing Natal Regency, North Sumatra) because of a cash budget deficit.

Beat the Drum

A young South African orphan named Musa (Junior Singo) leaves his AIDS-ravaged village in KwaZulu-Natal, taking along only a drum given to him by his father, for the gritty streets of Johannesburg in search of work and his uncle.

Ben Martins

He is still a practicing artist, with his artwork forming part of the permanent Art collection of the Killie Campbell Collection of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, the Pretoria and Johannesburg Art Galleries, as well as that of numerous private collections.

Borbo micans

In South Africa it is restricted to the riverine and lowland forests of KwaZulu-Natal and swamp areas close to Manguzi Forest, the Pongola River and Kosi Bay in Maputaland.

BR-101

Also the 404 km stretch between Natal in Rio Grande do Norte and Palmares-PE, is being widened (with about 70 km, cutting the metropolitan area of Recife, being already widened).

C. macrocarpa

Carissa macrocarpa, the Natal plum, a shrub native to South Africa

Cape Province

It was by far the largest of South Africa's four provinces, as it contained regions it had previously annexed, such as British Bechuanaland (not to be confused with the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana), Griqualand East (the area around Kokstad) and Griqualand West (area around Kimberley).

Chiromantes eulimene

The range of C. eulimene extends from the Bashee to the Inhambane mangroves and includes the mangroves of KwaZulu-Natal where it occurs abundantly.

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia

The treatment has also raised concerns in the LGBT community following an essay posted to the forum of the Hastings Center, a think tank devoted to bioethics, which quoted published research that suggested that pre-natal treatment of female fetuses could prevent those fetuses from becoming lesbians after birth, may make them more likely to engage in "traditionally" female-identified behaviour and careers, and more interested in bearing and raising children.

Denzil Dolley

He played for the University of Port Elizabeth and a provincial team called KwaZulu Natal Raiders.

Durban Light Infantry

The garland which surrounds the coloured badge comprises the Thistle of Scotland, the Tudor Rose of England and the Shamrock of Ireland – symbols taken from the old colour – and the other two flowers, the Protea, the National flower of South Africa and the Strelitzia, the flower of Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal).

Francis Farewell

Lieutenant Francis George Farewell (1784–1829), the founder of the Port Natal Colony in South Africa, was born at Holbrook House near Wincanton in the Blackmore Vale in 1784.

Gustav Fritsch

Along with his medical studies, Fritsch was also known for his ethnographical research in southern Africa (1863–66), during which time he traveled from Cape Town through the Orange Free State, Basutoland, Natal and Bechuanaland.

Hartley Alleyne

Hartley Leroy Alleyne (born 28 February 1957 in Derricks, St James) is a former Barbadian cricketer: a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast bowler who played for Barbados, Worcestershire, Kent and Natal between 1978-79 and 1989-90.

Hillcrest, KwaZulu-Natal

The village was laid out as leasehold sites on a portion of the farm Albinia owned by William Gillitt, one of the main pioneer families of the area and after which the nearby suburb of Gillitts is named.

História trágico-marítima

- the wreck the great galleon, São João, captained by Manoel de Sousa Sepulveda, off the coast of Natal, South Africa in 1552.

Jack Siedle

Born on 11 January 1903 in Berea, Durban, Natal, Siedle was the youngest son of Otto Siedle, who was born in Woolwich, London of southern German stock and who trained as a watchmaker, subsequently emigrating to Durban where he became prominent in the shipping business and public affairs.

Jardel Santana

Jardel Santana da Silva (born 10 December 1978 in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil is a Brazilian footballer.

John Medley Wood

John Medley Wood (1 December 1827 Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England - 26 August 1915 Durban) was a South African botanist who contributed greatly to the knowledge of Natal ferns, is generally credited with the establishment of sugarcane mosaic virus immune Uba sugar cane in Natal and for his extensive collection of Natal plants.

KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra

The KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra (KZNPO) is a professional orchestra based in Durban, South Africa.

In April 2011, the orchestra played the world premiere of Bongani Ndodana-Breen's opera Winnie the Opera at the State Theatre, Pretoria, with soprano Tsakane Maswanganyi in the title role of Winnie Mandela.

Liege Hulett

Sir James Liege Hulett (17 May 1838 – 1928) was a sugar magnate and philanthropist in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, originally from Kent, England.

Maris Stella School

Maris Stella School is a private Roman Catholic day school for girls from four to eighteen years old (grades 0-12 or pre-primary, primary and secondary phases), located on the Berea in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Mauritius cricket team

In April 2011, Tommy Hammond, of Tommy Hammond Sports, took South African first-class side Kwazulu-Natal Inland Under-15 side to Mauritius in what promised to be a most important and promising tour and proved to a ground-breaking tour in Mauritian cricket.

Mbulelo Mabizela

Mbulelo Mabizela (born 16 September 1980 in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal) is a South African footballer who plays as a midfielder and defender for Mpumalanga Black Aces.

Michele MacNaughton

Michele MacNaughton (born 18 November 1973 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal) is a retired female field hockey player from South Africa, who represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Mount Edgecombe Ganesha Temple

The Mount Edgecombe Ganesha Temple is a provincial heritage site in Inanda in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

Operation Matterhorn

That same month, the first Superfortresses arrived in India, having flown across the Atlantic Ocean using the South Atlantic Transport route from Morrision Field, Florida to Natal, Brazil then across to North Africa, then to Arabia, and Persia.

Pereskia aculeata

It can be controlled by Triclopyr or biological control with the leaf-feeding flea-beetle, Phenrica guérini, which has caused significant damage to Pereskia plants at Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa, but although the beetle was also released widely in KwaZulu-Natal, it has not become established there.

Renaming in South Africa

The KwaZulu-Natal province was formed in 1994 from the merger of the then province of Natal and former homeland of KwaZulu.

South African Constitution of 1961

In Natal and the Orange Free State, which each elected less than twenty-five members of the House of Assembly, the provincial councils consisted of twenty-five members.

South African general election, 2004

The Inkatha Freedom Party lost some support, including the majority in their stronghold province of Kwazulu-Natal, while the United Democratic Movement also lost support, barely hanging on as opposition in their stronghold, the Eastern Cape.

Tete veld aethomys

However, the current best estimate suggests that Tete veld rats are found in Swaziland and northeastern South Africa, where they are found in the North West, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal provinces, and the northern part of Free State province.

White-spotted Izak

The white-spotted Izak or African spotted catshark, Holohalaelurus punctatus, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae, found in the western Indian Ocean off Natal, South Africa, southern Mozambique, Madagascar, Kenya and Tanzania between latitudes 4° S and 37° S, at depths of between 220 and 440 m.