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MAHATMA GANDHI Mahatma Gandhi arrived in Durban in 1893 as a legal advisor to an Indian firm. Initially unaware of the racial inequalities in the colony, he threw himself into the struggle for elementary rights for Indians. He helped to establish the Natal Indian Congress in 1894 and the newspaper The Indian Opinion in 1903 and, a year later, established a settlement in Phoenix. It was here that his notion of satyagraha or non-violent resistance would later emerge, before resonating around the globe. JOHN ROSS In 1827 the 15 year old John Ross walked 900 kms from Durban to Delagoa Bay (now Maputo) and back through untamed wilderness to fetch medical supplies for the settlers. Along the way he visited King Shaka who provided him with an armed escort for the journey. Today, a statue of Ross stands in front of John Ross House on the Esplanade as a tribute to his bravery and determination. 14 JOHN DUBE Poet BW Vilakazi wrote in 1946 that John Dube was “a great, if not the greatest, black man of the missionary epoch in South Africa.” With the most meagre of economic means, Dube emerged from history as a renaissance man in the true sense of the word. He was founding president of the African National Congress, started the local Zulu language newspaper Ilanga which continues to hold influence today, and founded the influential Ohlanga High School, which has produced many of South Africa’s most powerful personalities.
SHAKA ZULU More than 200 years after his reign, Shaka remains an icon of global significance. Recognised as one of the world’s greatest military strategists, he has been the subject of fervent mythologising, casting him as a warrior of classical proportions. Whatever the truth, he cast a shadow too large for legend to give way to accuracy. INANDA SEMINARY The Inanda Seminary has had a profound impact on South Africa and its history. For it is here that John Dube’s grandmother was converted to Christianity by the American missionary Daniel Lindley and where Dube’s father worked as one of the first ordained pastors of Lindley’s American Zulu Mission. Established in 1869 at the Inanda Mission Station, the seminary was the first secondary school for African girls in Southern Africa and the only mission school in South Africa which managed to escape incorporation into apartheid structures and remain a private school. The campus remains active today and is accessible to tourists. Phone +27 31 510 1011. Battlefields Holiday The battlefields of KwaZulu-Natal are located mainly in the hinterland of the Zulu Kingdom. The 63 battlefield sites are haunting reminders of some of the bloodiest encounters in colonial history, including conflicts between the Voortrekkers and the Zulus, the Zulus and the British and the Boers and the British. Campaign Trails (www.campaigntrails.co.za) offer a number of battlefields tours, as do several other operators. Phone +27 31 767 4166. History In Museums Durban has a diverse selection of museums which provide a broad range of information about the collective history of the city and the region. From the KwaMuhle Museum, which illustrates the oppressive conditions experienced by black people under apartheid, to the Natural Science Museum, which explores the biological history of South Africa, a wealth of historical resources is available to historians, researchers and anyone keen to learn more about the fascinating history of eThekwini. See Museums Section for more information. 15
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