The feeling amongst British officials when they commenced control of Natal after 1843 was that Africans should not be able to wander around and settle anywhere they chose. Henry Cloete suggested the establishment of reserves or locations...
Before the year recedes, it seems timely to reflect on the historical footprint of the arrival of a small, white settler presence around the Durban Bay area 200 years ago in 1824. Of the three main settlers, the lives of the two ex-officers of...
This lavishly illustrated, privately published, coffee-table volume was the initiative of Warren Taylor of Kent in England. Having read my book, Sugar and Settlers, on the history of the Natal South Coast, he asked me to research and to...
DuBois addresses the question of how, neither by accident nor design, Natal became home to over 50,000 Indian immigrants during the latter half of the nineteenth century. Duncan Du Bois recounts how, from 1860, at the request of fewer than 50...
Commissioned and published by the Baynesfield Trust in 2016, this 56 page booklet reveals that not all Natal’s colonial figures were indifferent to the plight of Africans and Indians. Contact the Baynesfield Trust for...
From a wealth of archival sources, Du eruditely narrates what is arguably the seminal chronicle of the South Coast’s development. He comprehensively unravels the kaleidoscope of personalities and unpacks the various interests that impact...
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