Date: 27 November, 1933

Archibald Lamont, minister of religion, politician and mayor of Durban from 1929-1932, dies in Durban. Lamont township (currently Lamontville) was named after him at the insistence of the Black people for whose cause he has campaigned so diligently.

References

• Sonderling, N.E. (ed.) (1999). New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.2, Pretoria: Vista.