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Durban Airport:
Durban International Airport
Airport code: DUR
The airport:
The airport is located 18km (11.2 miles) south
of Durban
The airport can be accessed from the M4
Southern Freeway from Durban city centre
and is well signposted.
Durban International Airport
Airport code: DUR
The airport:
The airport is located 18km (11.2 miles) south
of Durban
The airport can be accessed from the M4
Southern Freeway from Durban city centre
and is well signposted.
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History of Durban
By Faustino Asprilla
This incredible province is often over looked by overseas visitors
choosing instead to go to the game reserves of the Northern provinces
or the beaches of Cape Town. So it sadly has become, in the tourism
world, the ugly younger sister of Cape Town.
Originally discovered by Vasco Da Gama on Christmas day in 1497 it
was named "Terra do Natal," which is Portuguese for Christmas
By Faustino Asprilla
This incredible province is often over looked by overseas visitors
choosing instead to go to the game reserves of the Northern provinces
or the beaches of Cape Town. So it sadly has become, in the tourism
world, the ugly younger sister of Cape Town.
Originally discovered by Vasco Da Gama on Christmas day in 1497 it
was named "Terra do Natal," which is Portuguese for Christmas
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Country.
The Portuguese already had a well established port
at Maputo and didn't see the significance of building
another in an area that was surrounded by
mangrove swamps and dense coastal forest. It was
the English colonists in the Cape that first saw the
attraction of the large natural harbor and settled
here in 1824. Until then it used mainly as a bay that
pirates would use to hide in, the only ships that
regularly dropped anchor and made landings on the
beach were ivory and slave traders.
Henry Fynn a British merchant reached an
agreement with King Shaka that allowed them to set
up a trading station at the then named "Port Natal."
The settlement was named Durban in 1835 after the
then governor of the Cape Sir Benjamin D'urban.
The Portuguese already had a well established port
at Maputo and didn't see the significance of building
another in an area that was surrounded by
mangrove swamps and dense coastal forest. It was
the English colonists in the Cape that first saw the
attraction of the large natural harbor and settled
here in 1824. Until then it used mainly as a bay that
pirates would use to hide in, the only ships that
regularly dropped anchor and made landings on the
beach were ivory and slave traders.
Henry Fynn a British merchant reached an
agreement with King Shaka that allowed them to set
up a trading station at the then named "Port Natal."
The settlement was named Durban in 1835 after the
then governor of the Cape Sir Benjamin D'urban.
In 1837 a delegation of Voortrekkers lead by Piet Retief negotiated
with Dingane for a tract of land on which to build a Boer settlement,
Dingane subsequently had the whole delegation killed; skirmishes
ensued, with the Boers defeating the Zulus at the battle of Blood
River. The Boers started their settlement in the area outside Durban
and laid claim to the town of Durban itself, this understandably upset
the British in the Cape who sent troops to Natal, the British were
defeated by the Boers at the battle of Congella in 1842. The
following year though the British were able to secure their
dominance in Natal and the Voortrekkers moved north into the
Orange Free State and the Transvaal.
In 1844 Durban and Natal was incorporated into the British colony
that was established in The Cape and was set to become one of the
busiest sea ports in the world. At the end of the nineteenth century
sugar production in Natal started booming and the port in Durban
became the biggest sugar cane terminus in the world.
At the start of the 20th century Durban along with Cape Town was
viewed as "liberal" due to their connection with the British colonies
and of all the provinces, Natal and the Cape Province had the most
relaxed race related laws. Durban like Cape Town had experienced
an influx of immigrant workers from Asia to work the sugar cane
fields.This Asian community is still prominent in Durban today.
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with Dingane for a tract of land on which to build a Boer settlement,
Dingane subsequently had the whole delegation killed; skirmishes
ensued, with the Boers defeating the Zulus at the battle of Blood
River. The Boers started their settlement in the area outside Durban
and laid claim to the town of Durban itself, this understandably upset
the British in the Cape who sent troops to Natal, the British were
defeated by the Boers at the battle of Congella in 1842. The
following year though the British were able to secure their
dominance in Natal and the Voortrekkers moved north into the
Orange Free State and the Transvaal.
In 1844 Durban and Natal was incorporated into the British colony
that was established in The Cape and was set to become one of the
busiest sea ports in the world. At the end of the nineteenth century
sugar production in Natal started booming and the port in Durban
became the biggest sugar cane terminus in the world.
At the start of the 20th century Durban along with Cape Town was
viewed as "liberal" due to their connection with the British colonies
and of all the provinces, Natal and the Cape Province had the most
relaxed race related laws. Durban like Cape Town had experienced
an influx of immigrant workers from Asia to work the sugar cane
fields.This Asian community is still prominent in Durban today.
A post by Faustino Asprilla from Cherry Media SEO Consultants.
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Airport Car Hire.
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