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The Colony of Natal was a British colony in south-eastern Africa. It was proclaimed a British colony on 4 May 1843 after the British government had annexed the Boer Republic of Natalia , and on 31 May 1910 combined with three other colonies to form the Union of South Africa , as one of its provinces . [ 3 ]
The Province of Natal (Afrikaans: Natalprovinsie), commonly called Natal, was a province of South Africa from May 1910 until May 1994. Its capital was Pietermaritzburg . During this period rural areas inhabited by the black African population of Natal were organised into the bantustan of KwaZulu , which was progressively separated from the ...
KwaZulu-Natal is the birthplace of many notable figures in South Africa's history, such as Albert Luthuli, the first non-white and the first person from outside Europe and the Americas to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (1960); Pixley ka Isaka Seme, the founder of the African National Congress (ANC) and South Africa's first black lawyer; John ...
Natal, South Africa can refer to: Natalia Republic, a Boer republic (1839–1843) Colony of Natal, a British colony (1843–1910) Natal (province), a province of South Africa (1910–1994) KwaZulu-Natal, a province of South Africa (1994–present) Natal (region), a geographical area within South Africa
After the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, the British defeated the Zulu army, and annexed Zululand to Natal in 1897. [3] One of the four founding provinces of South Africa, it is now KwaZulu-Natal. [6] This province is still home to the Zulu nation; native speakers of the Zulu language form 77.8% of the population.
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Map of the black homelands in South Africa at the end of apartheid in 1994. Although many important events occurred during this period, apartheid remained the central pivot around which most of the historical issues of this period revolved, including violent conflict and the militarisation of South African society.
The Bluff promonotory is a remnant of an extensive coastal dune system that formed along the shoreline of KwaZulu-Natal between two and five million years ago. [2] It is situated just south of the Durban CBD and plays a key role in shielding the Port of Durban from the Indian Ocean, forming the port’s southern quayside.