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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
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 ...
The Government of KwaZulu-Natal (IsiZulu: uHulumeni waKwaZulu-Natal) is the subnational government of the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). The politics of the province take place in the framework of a constitutional monarchy and liberal multi-party parliamentary democracy within a constitutional republic whereby the King of the Zulu Nation is the ceremonial figurehead of an ...
23 April - Hendrik Cloete is appointed Commissioner of Natal 4 May - Natal is proclaimed a British colony 8 August - The Volksraad of Natal agrees to the terms of British annexation as a Crown Colony , resulting in a Trek of Boers to territories outside Natal
Some of South Africa's top private schools are located in the Midlands, including: Cowan House, Clifton Preparatory School, Treverton Preparatory School and College, Hilton College, Michaelhouse, Grace College, Hilton and St. Anne's Diocesan College. The region is also becoming known as a wine-producing region. [citation needed]
1961 - Pietermaritzburg becomes part of the newly independent Republic of South Africa. 1962 - Statue of Piet Retief unveiled. 1972 - 6 April: "In the Natal Supreme Court in Pietermaritzburg, at the end of the longest trial of its kind in South Africa, thirteen defendants...are sentenced...for contravening the Terrorism Act." [2]