Newcastle
… a stop on the journey from Port Natal -Durban and the then Transvaal! Whilst today's major road, the N3, between the two … the Orange Free State and the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (Transvaal), the town was to grow rapidly. In 1876 with the … Zulu Kingdom of Cetswayo and the pending annexation of the Transvaal by the British the colonial authorities decided to …