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An interesting history to mention is that of Inanda just outside Durban. Inanda was home to three key figures in South African and World history. It was home to
– Dr. John Langalibalele Dube, the first president of the ANC, and founder of the Ohlanga Institute.
– Mohandas (Mahatma) Karamchand, founder of the Natal Indian Congress and father of India’s independence, set up his first experiment in communal living inspired by Tolstoy - in Inanda, it was called the Phoenix settlement
– Lastly Isaiah Mdliwamafa Shembe the founder of the largest independent African church also comes from Inanda.
All three of these key figures were contemporaries and interestingly enough lived within a few kilometers of each other.
- Acutt, Robert
- Adams, Capt John
- Aspeling, Erich Gustaaf
- Baird, Sir David
- Beard, John
- Bergtheil, Jonas
- Berkin, Mr F
- Biggar, Alexander
- Brickhill, James
- Brown, Joseph
- Byrne, Joseph
- Cane, John
- Cato, George
- Cato, Joseph
- Charters, Major Samuel
- Cetshwayo
- Cloete, Henry
- Cloete, Lt-Col Josias
- Collis, James
- da Gama, Vasco
- Coqui, Adolph
- Davies, Capt of the Julia
- Dingane
- Duffy, George
- Dunn, Robert
- D’Urban, Sir Benjamin
- Escombe, Harry Faku
- Farewell, Elizabeth Catherina, nee Schmidt
- Farewell, Lieutenant Francis George
- Forbes, Mr
- Fynn, Henry Francis
- Gardiner, Capt Allen Francis
- Goode, Sir John
- Goodge, William
- Goodricke, John R
- Grantham, Cap, RE
- Gwyn & McAlister
- Harding, Walter
- Hoffman, Josias
- Hogesaad, Chief Mate Ysbrand
- Holstead, Thomas
- Hunt, John
- Hunt Leuchars & Hepburn
- Innes, Edward
- Isaacs, Nathaniel
- James, Henry William
- Joyce, Robert
- Kay, Rev Stephen
- King, Lieutenant James Saunders
- King, Richard (Dick)
- Kirk, Joseph
- Knyf, Captain Willem
- Lamport, Mr EP
- Maritz, Gerrit
- Mbopha
- Mellor, John
- Mhlangana
- Milne, John
- Morewood, Edmund
- Mpande
- Murray, AK
- Napier, Sir George
- Ndongeni
- Nongalaza
- Ogle, Henry
- Owen, Capt William, RN
- Peel, William
- Petersen, John Lodewyk
- Pine, Lieutenant-Governor Benjamin
- Potgieter, Hendrick
- Powell, Joseph
- Proudfoot, James
- Retief, Piet
- Robinson, Albert
- Roos, Frans
- Russell, George
- Saunders, JR
- Savory, William
- Scott, Lieutenant-Governor
- Shaka
- Shembe, Isaiah Mdliwamafa
- Shepstone, Theophilus
- Smerdon, Capt William
- Smith, Dr Andrew
- Smith, Capt Thomas
- Stonnel, W
- Stubbs, John
- Tanner, Richard B
- Testao, Rodrigo
- Thompson, JR, & Co
- Throssel, Mr
- Tookey, DC
- Trichardt, Louis
- Upton, RS
- Uys, Petrus Lafras
- Vetch, Capt RE
- West. Martin
- Wissing, George H
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