Durban

Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal

Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal

Durban is South Africa’s third-largest City and one of the fastest-growing urban Areas in the World. Construction work o...

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new  quay wall

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Mail steamer leaving the habour in Durban

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Musgrave road in Durban

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Scotsman's pool, Beachfront, Durban (circa 1903-1920)  

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 Grey street in Durban

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An earial view of Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban

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Moses Mabida Stadium

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illegal loading

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Early Segregation. Rickshas could either carry white passengers and their goods, or just goods. It was generally assumed...

spread into Asia

China and Hong kong

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Experimentation and development.

The vehicle rapidly became incorporated into local society and was adapted by Japanese artists and photographers into th...

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Rural elements find way into ricksha costumes.

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The Special Shilling. After 1900 Durban saw a dramatic influx of “continental“ women and their pimps, and by...

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Fares and Distances. Pullers could make up to £1 per day which aroused white anger. Working conditions did not make for ...

European adaptations

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In the beginning ...

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Some satisfied customers.

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Early dress codes

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High tradition and decline.

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Durban’ s ricksha heritage.

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Ancestral symbolism. Cattle = land = lobola = children =access to ancestors.

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Winged warriors. Nor that of birds being fleet on the wing. These are White metaphors.

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In time two classes of pullers emerged: those largely of mPondo background, who serviced the market areas, and those ori...