Durban Historical & community

Did you know An interesting history to mention is that of Inanda just outside Durban. Inanda was home to three key figures in South African and World history. It was home to – Dr. John Langalibalele Dube, the first president of the ANC, and founder of the Ohlanga Institute. – Mohandas (Mahatma) Karamchand, founder of the Natal Indian Congress and father of India’s independence, set up his first experiment in communal living inspired by Tolstoy - in Inanda, it was called the Phoenix settlement – Lastly Isaiah Mdliwamafa Shembe the founder of the largest independent African church also comes from Inanda. All three of these key figures were contemporaries and interestingly enough lived within a few kilometers of each other. Acutt, Robert Adams, Capt John Aspeling, Erich Gustaaf Baird, Sir David Beard, John Bergtheil, Jonas Berkin, Mr F Biggar, Alexander Brickhill, James Brown, Joseph Byrne, Joseph Cane, John Cato, George Cato, Joseph Charters, Major Samuel Cetshwayo Cloete, Henry Cloete, Lt-Col Josias Collis, James da Gama, Vasco Coqui, Adolph Davies, Capt of the Julia Dingane Duffy, George Dunn, Robert D’Urban, Sir Benjamin Escombe, Harry Faku Farewell, Elizabeth Catherina, nee Schmidt Farewell, Lieutenant Francis George Forbes, Mr Fynn, Henry Francis Gardiner, Capt Allen Francis Goode, Sir John Goodge, William Goodricke, John R Grantham, Cap, RE Gwyn & McAlister Harding, Walter Hoffman, Josias Hogesaad, Chief Mate Ysbrand Holstead, Thomas Hunt, John Hunt Leuchars & Hepburn Innes, Edward Isaacs, Nathaniel James, Henry William Joyce, Robert Kay, Rev Stephen King, Lieutenant James Saunders King, Richard (Dick) Kirk, Joseph Knyf, Captain Willem Lamport, Mr EP Maritz, Gerrit Mbopha Mellor, John Mhlangana Milne, John Morewood, Edmund Mpande Murray, AK Napier, Sir George Ndongeni Nongalaza Ogle, Henry Owen, Capt William, RN Peel, William Petersen, John Lodewyk Pine, Lieutenant-Governor Benjamin Potgieter, Hendrick Powell, Joseph Proudfoot, James Retief, Piet Robinson, Albert Roos, Frans Russell, George Saunders, JR Savory, William Scott, Lieutenant-Governor Shaka Shembe, Isaiah Mdliwamafa Shepstone, Theophilus Smerdon, Capt William Smith, Dr Andrew Smith, Capt Thomas Stonnel, W Stubbs, John Tanner, Richard B Testao, Rodrigo Thompson, JR, & Co Throssel, Mr Tookey, DC Trichardt, Louis Upton, RS Uys, Petrus Lafras Vetch, Capt RE West. Martin Wissing, George H The list is under construction. Please use the contribute link to post any biography suggestion.