Durban

Durban is the busiest port in South Africa and even the whole of Africa. There are 3,5 millions inhabitants.

It was called the Bay of Natal, then Port Natal when a British settlement  was established in 1824 (after Grahamstown). The first Boer arrived In 1837, led by Piet Retief. The free Natalia Republic was created in 1839  but was short-lived as it was annexed by Britain in 1943 and added to the "Cape Colony". Many Boer moved again, went north and created there the Oranje Vrij Staat and Transvaal Republics, while others decided to stay.
The city was then called Durban for the then governor, Mr d'Urban (definitely a Huguenot descendant)
Durban has the largest Indian population outside of India who were "imported"  for the labor in the sugar cane fields. It's also the first city where we see white homeless.


Cette fois-ci, c'est au tour des francophones d'utiliser la traduction automatique ... allez, courage.

Comme  Mar del Plata en plein ete, on dirait des sardines. Ils sont obliges de nager/jouer dans une zone delimitee par les Life Guards a cause des nombreux courants - rip tides.

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 At one point I counted 20 ships waiting to get into the port.

J 'ai compte jusqu'a 20 navires en attente d'entrer dans le port de Durban, le plus grand d'Afrique.

D'habitude on trouve les cadenas sur les ponts, ici c'est en pleine ville et le symbole est different, il s'agit de rendre  hommage a Mandela.

DURBAN Racial makeup (2011)[2]  • Black African 51.1%  • Coloured 8.6%  • Indian/Asian 24.0%  • White 15.3%  • Other 0.9%