eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality

eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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Umlazi (Q183292)
item type: South African township
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Umlazi is a township in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, located south-west of Durban. Organisationally and administratively it forms part of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality and its South Municipal Planning Region.

Pinetown (Q985839)
item type: town
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Pinetown is a city that forms part of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, based just inland from Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The town is situated 16 km (10 mi) north-west of Durban and 64 km (40 mi) south-east of Pietermaritzburg.

Msunduzi River (Q1140422)
item type: river
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Msunduzi River is a river in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is also known by its anglicised name, the Dusi River. The original name, Msunduzi, is isiZulu.

Kings Park Sporting Precinct (Q6412993)
item type: velodrome / sports venue
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Kings Park Sporting Precinct is a site located in Stamford Hill, Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. It was developed primarily to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup, but will also form part of the city's long-term plan to host the Summer Olympics. The precinct regularly hosts domestic and international rugby union and association football events, as well as national and international swimming galas.

Lambert Road Baptist Church (Q6481291)
item type: Protestant church building
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Lambert Road Baptist Church is an evangelical church located in the suburb of Morningside, in Durban, South Africa. This church is a member of the Baptist Union of Southern Africa.

Pipeline Coastal Park (Q7197266)
item type: nature reserve
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Pipeline Coastal Park is an area of coastal vegetation in Amanzimtoti, Durban, South Africa. It is an elongated strip of land bordering the Indian Ocean. Plants found here include the Mimusops caffra, Strelitzia nicolai and Brachylaena discolor.

King Zwelithini Stadium (Q6412171)
item type: stadium
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

King Zwelithini Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Umlazi, a township south-west of Durban, South Africa. It is used mostly for football matches and was initially set to be utilized as a training field for teams participating in the 2010 FIFA World Cup after being renovated in 2010 and brought up to FIFA standards. However, since the participating teams were residing in the north of Durban, it was decided that King Zwelithini Stadium was located too far away for practice sessions.

Lamontville (Q6482240)
item type: South African township
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Lamontville is a town in EThekwini in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

Narainsamy Temple (Q6965292)
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Narainsamy Temple is a provincial heritage site in Inanda (eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality) in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. It was founded by Narainsamy in 1896, and is now controlled by a family trust that he created. Most of the congregation are Tamil Hindus.

Natal Observatory (Q6967960)
item type: observatory
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Natal Observatory was an astronomical observatory in the Colony of Natal (now the KwaZulu-Natal province of the Republic of South Africa) from 1882 to 1911. The most important work carried out there was a study of the motion of the moon.

Ohlange High School (Q7081074)
item type: high school
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Ohlange High School is a secondary school in Inanda, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded in 1901 by John Dube and Nokuthela Dube (née Mdima). It was the first school in South Africa started by a black person. John Dube was also the first President of what became the ANC. The school was chosen by President Nelson Mandela as the place where he would cast his vote in the first racially inclusive election in South Africa in 1994.

Natal Field Artillery (Q6967949)
item type: military unit
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The King Cetshwayo Artillery Regiment (formerly the Natal Field Artillery) is an reserve artillery regiment of the South African Army.

Kings Park Soccer Stadium (Q6412992)
item type: stadium
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Kings Park Soccer Stadium was a multi-use stadium in Durban, South Africa that was built in 1958. It was formerly used mostly for football matches and was the home of Manning Rangers who played in the Premier Soccer League. The stadium had a capacity of 35,000 people.

This item might be defunct. The English Wikipedia article is in these categories: Defunct soccer venues in South Africa, Sports venues demolished in 2006
Ntuzuma (Q7067669)
item type: South African township
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Ntuzuma is a town in eThekwini in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

Palmiet Nature Reserve (Q7128389)
item type: protected area
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Palmiet Nature Reserve is located in Westville, a town located ten kilometres from Durban, South Africa. The reserve is made up of a wide variety of natural habitats ranging from forests to grassland. Hundreds of bird species have been recorded and the tree list is extensive. There are a number of self-guided trails that include river crossings. The diversity seen in the Palmiet Nature Reserve has been extensively threatened by human activity and invasive species, leading to the need for more pronounced guidelines on how to protect and reserve the area.

North Beach (Q7054113)
item type: beach
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

North Beach is one of the beaches of Durban, South Africa. It is situated north of the harbour and bluff, in between Bay of Plenty and Dairy Beach on Durban's Golden Mile.

Glenwood (Q3347444)
item type: town
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Glenwood is a suburb on the lower Berea in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Battle of Congella (Q2888334)
item type: battle
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)


The Battle of Congella, beginning 23 May 1842, was between the British of the Cape colony and Voortrekkers or the Boer forces of the Natalia Republic. The Republic of Natalia sought an independent port of entry, free from British control and thus sought to conquer the Port Natal trading settlement which had been settled by mostly British merchants in modern-day KwaZulu-Natal. The battle ended in a British victory due to the heroic ride of Dick King for reinforcements.

Umdoni Bird Sanctuary (Q7881450)
item type: bird sanctuary
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Umdoni Bird Sanctuary is situated in Amanzimtoti, KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. The sanctuary is often simply referred to as The Bird Park by locals or as Amanzimtoti Bird Sanctuary. The area is roughly 4 ha of land including a dam on a tributary of the Amanzimtoti River. There are picnic areas and forest trails.

Valley of a Thousand Hills (Q7912343)
item type: valley
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Valley of a Thousand Hills is a valley between Pietermaritzburg and Durban, South Africa. The Umgeni River meets the Msunduzi River (Duzi River) in the valley, and the Dusi Canoe Marathon is run through the area every year.

SJ Smith Stadium (Q7390565)
item type: stadium
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

SJ Smith Stadium is a multi-use stadium at the Lamontville district, in the Chatsworth suburb of Durban, situated in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. It is currently used mostly for football matches, and was the home venue of Durban Stars and African Wanderers during the 2010-11 season of Vodacom League.

Trams in Durban (Q7833216)
item type: tram system
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Durban tramway network formed part of the public transport system in Durban, South Africa, for nearly 70 years until the end of the 1940s.

This item might be defunct. The English Wikipedia article is in these categories: Defunct town tramway systems by city
St. Elizabeth's Anglican Church (Q7587832)
item type: church building
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The sole church of the Parish of Westville, St Elizabeth's Anglican Church is an Anglican church in the Diocese of Natal of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. It is located in the suburb of Westville, in Durban, South Africa.

website: http://www.stelizabeths.co.za/

Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium (Q7634896)
item type: stadium
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Clermont, a township of Durban, South Africa. It is used mostly for football matches and was selected as one of the 3 training venues of the 2010 FIFA World Cup after being renovated in 2010 and brought up to FIFA standards.

Umhlanga Lagoon (Q7881544)
item type: protected area
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

uMhlanga Lagoon is a 26 hectares (64 acres) nature reserve on the shore of the Indian Ocean at uMhlanga Rocks, South Africa. The reserve encloses the Ohlanga River's lagoon and mouth. The forest forms a natural extension of the less accessible Hawaan Forest, of which the greater part lies inland of the busy M4 road. The reserve trails start at a car park at the northern end of Lagoon Drive, uMhlanga.

Port of Durban (Q7231133)
item type: port
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Port of Durban, commonly called Durban Harbour, is the largest and busiest shipping terminal in sub-Saharan Africa. It handles up to 31.4 million tons of cargo each year. It is the fourth largest container terminal in the Southern Hemisphere, handling approximately 4.5 million TEU in 2019.

website: http://transnet.net

University of Durban-Westville (Q4355025)
item type: university / university campus
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The University of Durban-Westville (UDW) was a university situated in Westville, a town situated near Durban, South Africa, which opened in 1972. It is now one of the campuses of the University of KwaZulu-Natal. It was initially established for Indians, as during apartheid there were few universities that admitted non-White students. Prior to the building of UDW, Indian students traveled by ferry to a facility at Salisbury Island, which had been established in 1961 as the University College for Indians UDW offered degrees in commerce, the arts, law, engineering, and health sciences and sciences in general. Later an indoor sports centre was built, which hosted national sporting events. UDW was the hub of many student anti-apartheid political rallies.

website: https://ukzn.ac.za/ukzn-campuses/, http://www.udw.ac.za/

This item might be defunct. The English Wikipedia article is in these categories: 2004 disestablishments in South Africa, Defunct universities and colleges in South Africa
Adams Mission (Q4680379)
item type: town
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Adams Mission is a town in eThekwini in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The settlement is situated west of KwaMakhutha and Amanzimtoti and south of Durban.

Al Falaah College (Q4703803)
item type: school
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Al Falaah College is an independent Islamic school situated in the coastal city of Durban, in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

website: http://www.alfalaah.org.za/

All Saints Maidstone (Q4729586)
item type: church building / KwaZulu-Natal
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

All Saints Church is a church in the village of Maidstone (eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality) on the Dolphin Coast in the Anglican Diocese of Natal in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.

Assagay (Q4808352)
item type: town
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Assagay, also spelt Assegay, is a suburb of eThekwini in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and forms a part of the Upper Highway Area.

Kingsburgh (Q3642992)
item type: town
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Kingsburgh is a coastal resort town along the South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, approximately 32 kilometres (20 miles) south-west of Durban.

Ohlanga River (Q4788141)
item type: river
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Ohlanga River is a river in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, which empties into the Indian Ocean just north of uMhlanga, north of Durban. The river has extensive reed beds in the estuary at its mouth, which is only 7 km southwest from the mouth of the Mdloti River. Presently, this river is part of the Mvoti to Umzimkulu Water Management Area.

Airlink Flight 8911 (Q4698807)
item type: aviation accident
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

South African Airlink Flight 8911 was a positioning flight from Durban International Airport to Pietermaritzburg Airport, South Africa, that crashed into the grounds of Merebank Secondary School, Durban shortly after take-off on 24 September 2009, injuring the three occupants of the aircraft and one on the ground. The captain of the flight subsequently died of his injuries on 7 October 2009.

Durban Club (Q21072663)
item type: architectural structure
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

In May 1854 Durban had a population of 1,204 settlers which meant that it qualified to be elevated to the status of a Borough. On 14 June 1854, 20 prominent Durban residents signed an agreement to form the first D'Urban Club, named after Sir Benjamin D'Urban, Governor of the Cape Colony. The newly formed club was to be used for the playing of billiards, chess and as a reading and newsroom.

website: http://www.durbanclub.co.za/

Durban Academy High School (Q25106487)
item type: high school
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Durban Academy High School is a bilingual (Afrikaans and English) high school located in Fynnlands, Bluff, Durban.

website: http://dbnacademy.co.za/

Glenholme Nature Reserve (Q28223206)
item type: protected area
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Glenholme Nature Reserve is a 42-hectare (100-acre) privately managed area of grassland, scarp and swamp forest in Kloof, outside of Durban, South Africa. A small stream in the reserve leads to a waterfall and gorge which forms one of the headwaters of the Umbilo River.

Mariannwood (Q28223198)
item type: protected area
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Mariannwood Nature Reserve is a 12 hectare protected area in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. The park consists of scarp and riverine forest, as well as grasslands. The grasslands are noted for their flowers during the spring months.

Bonela, Durban (Q31451711)
item type: human-geographic territorial entity
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Bonela is a mixed race, middle class residential area in central Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Bayhead Natural Heritage Site (Q28223204)
item type: protected area
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Bayhead Natural Heritage Site is a 20ha nature reserve of mangrove forest and coastal grassland within the industrial area of Durban Bay, South Africa. The reserve is a remnant of what was once the largest mangrove swamp in the province.

South African Association for Marine Biological Research (Q30262039)
item type: organization
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The South African Association for Marine Biological Research (SAAMBR), is a non-government, non profit company and public benefit organisation which contributes to the conservation of marine and coastal resources in the Western Indian Ocean, founded in 1951.

website: http://www.seaworld.org.za/

Durban Ice Arena (Q24883315)
item type: arena
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Durban Ice Arena is an multi-purpose complex located in the golden mile of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The complex is composed of an ice rink, convention center, exhibition halls and meeting rooms. The Durban Ice Arena is considered one of Durban's most iconic and historic recreational facilities. Opening its entryways in 2015, The Durban Ice Arena has turned into a firm most loved in media outlets, to a great extent because of its position inside Durban's Golden Mile and nearness to lodgings, shorelines, Durban's vacation spots and milestones. The Durban Ice Arena offers a large group of group building works out, birthday parties, bunch parties, school occasions and trips, ice appears, ice hockey exercises and ice skating/figure skating exercises all under one rooftop; making a charming snicker a-minute affair for all.

website: https://www.durbanicearena.co.za

Alverstone Wildlife Park (Q28223132)
item type: protected area
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Alverstone Wildlife Park is a 100 hectare nature reserve near Hillcrest, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The reserve was created in 1997 by a group of neighbouring landowners.

Clairwood Shree Siva Soobramoniar Temple (Q24233925)
item type: temple
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Clairwood Shri Shiva Subrahmanyar Temple, also known as C.S.S.S.T, is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Muruga, located in Clairwood in Durban, South Africa. Muruga is worshipped as Shiva-Subrahmanyar. It was renovated on a number of occasions for various reasons; major refurbishment was undertaken in 2014 by sthapatis from India. It was followed by observing the Maha Kumbha Abhishekam, which marked the 125th year since the temple was established in 1889.The temple has been popular among the South African Indians for the Annual Thaipusam Kavady Festival.

website: http://www.cssst-sa.com

Madwala Wildlife Sanctuary (Q28223196)
item type: protected area
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Madwala Wildlife Sanctuary is a 102 hectare nature reserve in Assagay, Outer West Durban, South Africa. The reserve is managed by the eThekwini Municipality and is home to a number of mammals and birds.

Alfred Park Nature Reserve (Q28223194)
item type: protected area
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Alfred Park is a small (8.4 ha) wetland swamp forest in New Germany, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is managed by the Ethekwini Municipality.

Danville Park (Q28223126)
item type: protected area
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Danville Park is a green lung of protected coastal lowland forest and wetland in Durban North, South Africa. The park is home to a number of bird species including the Egyptian Goose.

Old Mutual Centre (Q28449993)
item type: building
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Old Mutual Centre is a skyscraper in Durban, South Africa. The 33 story building was completed in 1995.

Virginia Bush Nature Reserve (Q25248147)
item type: nature reserve
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Virginia Bush Nature Reserve is a 38 hectare coastal bush reserve in the suburb of Durban North, Durban, South Africa. The reserve is currently under the auspices of the Durban Metropolitan Open Space System (D'MOSS).

Wyebank (Q24233958)
item type: urban area
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Wyebank is a settlement located 27 km north-west of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and forms part of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality which is the greater Durban metropolitan area. It is surrounded by Ngqungqulu in the north, KwaDabeka in the east, New Germany in the south and Kloof in the west.

Seaton Park Nature Reserve (Q24902001)
item type: protected area
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Seaton Park Nature Reserve is conservation area in the suburb of Durban North, Durban, South Africa. The reserve is a six hectare remnant of coastal forest, with trails throughout. The park is named after a Mrs Seaton, who bequeathed the land for the park.

Clive Cheesman Nature Reserve (Q28223199)
item type: protected area
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Clive Cheesman Nature Reserve is a protected area of riverine forest and grassland in the suburb of Kloof, Durban, South Africa.

Yellowwood Park (Q28223122)
item type: human settlement
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Yellowwood Park is a quiet suburb of the city of Durban, South Africa, established in 1960. It is 14 km southwest of central Durban.

Izinjomane Group Pty Ltd Construction Company (Q5182837)
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Crawford College, Durban was an alternative, independent school in Glenmore in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The school was established by Graeme Crawford in 1997 on the campus of Carmel College, a Jewish high school. Sometime after 1997 the school was bought by the ADvTECH Group which closed the school down on 1 December 2006. Eden College Durban opened on the same campus in 2007. Its principal when it closed was Ms. Louise Underhill, and the Deputies were Terry Barnes and Mr. Chris Marcellin.

This item might be defunct. The English Wikipedia article is in these categories: Defunct schools in South Africa
Forest Hills, Kloof (Q5468944)
item type: town
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Forest Hills is a suburb in the Outer West suburbs of Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. The area borders on the Kloof Gorge which forms part of the Krantzkloof Nature Reserve, and is situated in between Kloof and Waterfall which is also about 7 km from Hillcrest. Forest Hills is referred to as being part of the Kloof area as they are both situated on opposite sides of the Kloof Gorge, as a result the areas are joined by one road (Bridle Road) which runs through the Kloof Gorge.

Green Point Lighthouse, KwaZulu-Natal (Q5603079)
item type: lighthouse
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Green Point Lighthouse is a provincial heritage site in Clansthal in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

Admiralty number: D6454

Ilanda Wilds (Q5997081)
item type: protected area
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Ilanda Wilds is a nature reserve along the aManzimtoti River in the town of Amanzimtoti, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. This small area of land (20 ha [49 acres]) contains various habitat types, ranging from steep rocky slopes to various riverine habitats, forest and small patches of grassland.

Durban Light Infantry (Q5316289)
item type: military unit
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Durban Light Infantry is a Motorised Infantry regiment of the South African Army. It lost its status as a Mechanised infantry regiment in 2010 in line with the rationalisation of resources. As a reserve unit, it has a status roughly equivalent to that of a British Army Reserve or United States Army National Guard unit.

ekuPhakameni (Q5350620)
item type: town
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

eKuPhakameni is a small town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa that was set out by one of the largest African Christian sects, the Nazareth Baptist Church. INkosi Isaiah Shembe, who founded the sect in 1911, bought land in the Inanda area for his church and called the town eKuPhakameni (place of spiritual uplift). Shembe who died in 1935 is buried at eKuPhakameni and the grave is regarded as a shrine. Large festivals are held here in January, April, July and September every year.

Illovo (Q6000214)
item type: town
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Illovo is a town in EThekwini in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

Durban Girls' College (Q5316282)
item type: boarding school
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Durban Girls' College is an independent boarding and day school for girls, with weekly boarding facilities for high school pupils, located on the Berea, overlooking the city of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

website: http://www.dgc.co.za/

EB Cloete Interchange (Q5322602)
item type: interchange
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The EB Cloete Interchange, officially called the Abdullah Mohamed Omar Interchange, near Durban in South Africa is the interchange between two national roads that pass through Durban: the N2 and N3. The only four-level stack interchange in South Africa has been given various nicknames, the most famous one is Spaghetti Junction.

Eden College Durban (Q5336830)
item type: school
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Eden College Durban is an independent school for boys and girls located in Glenmore, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, in the Republic of South Africa. It comprises a pre-primary school (grades 000 to 0), a preparatory school (grades 1 to 6), a middle school (grades 7 to 9) and a college (grades 10 to 12). Eden College Durban was previously called Crawford College, Durban until 2007 and Carmel College Durban before that. Eden College has just under 500 pupils.

website: http://www.edencollegedurban.co.za/

Educor (Q5341314)
item type: church building
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Educor is a supplier of private tertiary education in South Africa. Not all of their colleges are accredited. Educor is an abbreviation for the Education Investment Corporation Limited. Educor owns various brands, including Damelin (deregistered by South African government), CityVarsity (deregistered by South African government), ICESA (deregistered by South African government), Durban Central Technical College, Intec College, Damelin Correspondence College (deregistered by South African government), and Lyceum College(deregistered by South African government). In January 2008, Educor was purchased from Media 24 by National Pride Trading 452 (Pty) Ltd.

website: http://www.educor.co.za

Bluff, KwaZulu-Natal (Q4930624)
item type: playground
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Bluff or The Bluff is a geographical area, containing eight suburbs in Durban, eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. The Bluff forms a large part of the South Durban Basin, a sub-region located south of Durban.

Brettonwood High School (Q4962483)
item type: high school
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Brettonwood High School, in Durban, South Africa, opened in January 1966, is named after Brettonwood Avenue, which is at the intersection of the main entrance. It was known as Brettonwood Boys' High School until it became co-educational at the start of the academic year in January 1974. The school's motto is "Audacior", meaning very bold, extremely courageous, more daring (than the rest).

Crawford College, La Lucia (Q5182838)
item type: school
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Crawford College, La Lucia is a school in La Lucia, uMhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. This campus of the Crawford Schools was established in 1999

website: http://www.crawfordschools.co.za/college/la-lucia-college/

Durban South Africa Temple (Q5316296)
item type: temple
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Durban South Africa Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in Durban, South Africa. The intent to construct the temple was announced by church president Thomas S. Monson on 1 October 2011. The temple was announced concurrently with the Barranquilla Colombia, Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo, Star Valley Wyoming, and Provo City Center temples. When announced, this increased the total number of temples worldwide to 166 and the number in South Africa to two.

Street address: Preston Drive Extension, Izinga Phase 2A, Umhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (from Wikidata)

website: https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/durban-south-africa-temple

The Cenotaph (Q5316299)
item type: monument
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Cenotaph was erected in Farewell Square, Durban, South Africa, as a war memorial to soldiers who died in World War I.

Hampton College (Q5646171)
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Hampton College, a South African college, was established in 1985. It is situated in Durban and is a private school.

Inanda Seminary School (Q14979260)
item type: school / girls' school
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Inanda Seminary School is one of the oldest schools for girls in South Africa. It was founded in 1869 at Inanda, a settlement just over 20 miles (32 km) north of Durban, by Daniel and Lucy Lindley, an American missionary couple.

website: http://inanda.org/

Deutsche Schule Durban (Q16831031)
item type: German school abroad
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Deutsche Schule Durban (DSD) is a private German school in the suburb of Westville, west of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, which educates children from 18 months to the 7th grade in German but also teaches from grades 5 to 7 in English.

Street address: 34 Stafford Road, Cowies Hill (from Wikidata)

website: http://www.dsdurban.co.za/index.php

19 Field Engineer Regiment (Q18345059)
item type: military unit
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Umkhonto Field Engineer Regiment (formerly 19 Field Engineer Regiment) is a regiment of the South African Army Engineer Formation. The unit is based in Durban with the HQ being at Old Fort Military Base, Lord's Grounds . As a reserve unit, it has a status roughly equivalent to that of a British Army Reserve or United States Army National Guard unit.

Jameson Park and Rose Garden (Q15229279)
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Jameson Park and Rose Garden is a rose garden located in Durban, South Africa.

K-RITH (Q17060860)
item type: organization / facility
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

K-RITH (Kwazulu-Natal Research Institute for Tuberculosis and HIV) was a tuberculosis and HIV research institute in Durban, South Africa. The Institute is a collaboration of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the University of KwaZulu-Natal. K-RITH's 7-story research facility is situated on the Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine Campus at UKZN and opened on 9 October 2012.

website: http://www.k-rith.org/

Naval Station Durban (Q18379711)
item type: naval base
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Naval Base Durban in Durban harbour is a naval base of the South African Navy, situated on Salisbury Island, which is now joined to the mainland through land reclamation.

Umgeni Steam Railway (Q16902286)
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Umgeni Steam Railway is a 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge heritage railway at Inchanga, near Durban. The Durban to Pietermaritzburg line was built in the 1880s; it runs through a 53 metres (174 ft) long tunnel at Drummond built in 1878, which is probably the oldest tunnel in use today in South Africa

Adams College (Q14979254)
item type: school
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Adams College is a historic Christian mission school in South Africa, associated with the United Congregational Church of Southern Africa (UCCSA). It was founded in 1853 at Amanzimtoti a settlement just over 20 miles (32 km) south of Durban by an American missionary. The settlement there is known as Adams Mission. The college's alumni include Presidents of Botswana and Uganda, several ministers and leaders of the African National Congress. It is recognised as a historic school. It has been called Adams School, Amanzimtoti Institute and the Amanzimtoti Zulu Training School.

2013 Pinetown crash (Q17083024)
item type: traffic collision
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

On September 5, 2013, an articulated truck drove through a red light at high speed, killing 26 people (later becoming 27) and injuring at least 80, in Pinetown, South Africa. After a light turned green at the junction of Richmond/Josiah Gumede Roads, several vehicles (including taxis full of home-bound commuters) began advancing and were struck side-on moments later by a truck careening down Field's Hill. The driver maintained that the brakes had failed as it descended the notorious hill approaching the intersection. The crash was filmed by the dashcam of a vehicle that had been waiting for the light to turn green. Another angle was also captured on a security camera.

Old Fort (Q13035665)
item type: fort
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)


The Old Fort is a fort built in Durban, South Africa by Captain Thomas Charlton Smith's troops in 1842 as part of a visibility campaign by the British Empire to prevent Boers from establishing a republic in Natal. The facility was equipped with an arsenal and barracks in 1858, and troops were stationed there until the end of the century.

Upper Highway Area (Q16919496)
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Upper Highway Area is a region west of the city of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is the suburban western part of the Greater Durban metropolitan area and extends from Kloof in the east to Botha’s Hill in the west. It includes the main towns of Hillcrest, Gillitts and Kloof and the smaller areas of Assagay, Botha’s Hill, Everton and Waterfall.

Iphithi Nature Reserve (Q18126057)
item type: protected area
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Iphithi Nature Reserve conserves 12 ha of forest and wetland in the Molweni River's upper catchment in northern Gillitts, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded in 2001 by a group of nearby residents, and is managed by the Gillitts Conservancy, which also oversees the Minerva grassland.

Natal Command (Q18379322)
item type: military base
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Natal Command was a Command of the South African Army. It was headquartered in Durban, South Africa. By the 1980s, it was responsible for the security of the region, forming the primary level of command for military operations in support of the Police. It also provided logistic, administrative and service support to units and formations operating in its area of responsibility.

This item might be defunct. The English Wikipedia article is in these categories: Disbanded military units and formations in Durban
Hawaan Forest (Q15223354)
item type: forest
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Hawaan Forest is situated in Umhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is a large remnant of a climax dry coastal dune forest and the last of its kind. This forest grows on a dune that dates back 18,000 years. The Hawaan forest is currently under the guardianship of the Wildlife and Environment Society of Southern Africa (WESSA), but is owned by the Tongaat Hulett Group. The property was originally owned by the Campbell family who first settled there in 1859 and the Hawaan Forest has been protected since 1860. The Hawaan Forest Estate is known for being one of the most exclusive estates in the country.

Springside Nature Reserve (Q18392482)
item type: protected area
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Springside Nature Reserve, proclaimed in 1948, is situated in Hillcrest, KwaZulu-Natal. It conserves 21 ha of forest, grassland and wetland, and is managed by the eThekwini municipality and Hillcrest Conservancy. It was developed jointly by the Wildlife Society and the Hillcrest town board.

1965 Durban rail accident (Q15807635)
item type: train wreck
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

On 4 October 1965, during the Apartheid in South Africa, a passenger train of the South African Railways with up to 1500 black commuters onboard derailed, killing 87 of them.

Mobeni (Q112221206)
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Mobeni is a suburb of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and forms part of the heavily industrialised South Durban Basin, a sub-region south of Durban.

Springfield Park (Q115857793)
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Springfield Park, officially known as Umgeni Business Park is an industrial suburb of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa located north-east of the city centre.

Newlands West (Q115803831)
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Newlands West is a suburb located 15 kilometres (9 mi) north-west of Durban in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Sibaya Casino and Entertainment Kingdom (Q116188687)
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Sibaya Casino and Entertainment Kingdom is an entertainment complex situated just north of uMhlanga and south-west of eMdloti on the North Coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Shongweni Dam and Nature Reserve (Q113561097)
item type: dam
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Shongweni Dam and Nature Reserve is located in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. It was established in 1927 and consists of 17 thousand hectares of nature reserve.

KZNSA (Q123944989)
item type: nonprofit organization / art gallery
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

KwaZulu Natal Society of Arts (KZNSA) is a nonprofit art gallery and art center in Durban, South Africa.

Street address: 166 Bulwer Rd (from Wikidata)

website: https://www.kznsagallery.co.za/

St. Paul's Anglican Church, Durban (Q124047866)
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

St. Paul's Anglican Church is an Anglican church in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The original St. Paul's Church was built in 1853. Partially funded by a donation from Benjamin D'Urban (for whom the city is named), the church burnt to the ground in 1906. A new, larger church was built on the same site in 1910.

Our Lady of Fatima Dominican Convent School (Q108570053)
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Our Lady of Fatima Dominican Convent School is a girls' school, in Durban North (eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality) founded and supported by the Dominican sisters. The school caters for girls from Gr 0 through to Gr 12.

Newlands East (Q110442583)
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Newlands East is a township located 17 kilometres (11 mi) north-west of the Durban CBD in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

John Ross House (Q6255707)
item type: building
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The John Ross House in Durban, South Africa is a 33-storey skyscraper on Victoria Embankment.

UThongathi School (Q58768640)
item type: school
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

uThongathi School was a high school near oThongathi, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The school opened in January 1986.

Giba Gorge Nature Reserve (Q85846001)
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Giba Gorge Nature Reserve is an environmental precinct in Outer West Durban, South Africa. The gorge is a natural valley carved by the Giba River, with steep rocky cliffs and natural grassland slopes. Within the precinct is a mountain bike park with a 35km single track.

Prospecton (Q87072079)
item type: human-geographic territorial entity
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Prospecton is an industrial suburb located south of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Ntwenhle High School (Q96396727)
item type: high school
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Ntwenhle High School is a public state secondary school in the Golokodo area of Folweni in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is located south west of Durban.

Ottawa, KwaZulu-Natal (Q20981844)
item type: human settlement
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Ottawa is a suburb situated north of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, neighbouring Verulam. Allegedly it was named after the founder's daughter during the early 1900s.

1997 World Masters Athletics Championships (Q59640027)
item type: World Masters Athletics Championships
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

1997 World Masters Athletics Championships is the twelfth in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships (called World Veterans Championships or World Veterans Athletics Championships at the time) that took place in Durban, South Africa from 17 to 27 July 1997.

Mayville, Durban (Q85784499)
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Mayville is an area west of central Durban, South Africa. It has a post office, a police station and primary schools. It has a significant Indian population, who were targeted by the apartheid Group Areas Act.

Ilfracombe, KwaZulu-Natal (Q106153438)
item type: administrative territorial entity
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Ilfracombe is a coastal rural community on the South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and forms part of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality.

Folweni (Q85761491)
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Folweni is a small middle income town located south of Durban in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaThat do not have water.

Silverglen Nature Reserve (Q85847214)
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Silverglen Nature Reserve is a 460 hectare conservancy on the Umlaas River located aside the suburb of Silverglen, Chatsworth, KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. The reserve is the largest piece of coastal grassland and bush clump mosaic in Greater Durban, and is home to the first medicinal plant nursery in Africa, established in 1986.

Durban Regiment (Q20981525)
item type: military unit
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The King Shaka Regiment (formerly the Durban Regiment) is a reserve motorised infantry battalion of the South African Army.

Folweni High School (Q96378081)
item type: high school
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Folweni High School is a public state high school in the A-section of Folweni in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is located south west of Durban.

Broadway, Durban (Q31794008)
item type: human-geographic territorial entity
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Broadway, Durban is a residential area in northern Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Point Waterfront (Q38249284)
item type: town
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Point Waterfront is a harbour-side town located at the entrance to the Port of Durban. During the last 50 years the town suffered decay and was left mostly abandoned. The uShaka Marine World is located here.

website: http://durbanpoint.co.za/

Umgeni Park (Q31794679)
item type: human-geographic territorial entity
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Umgeni Park is a residential area in northern Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Together with its neighbouring Durban North suburb of Athlone, the area is also known as Riverside, due to its location along the northern banks of the Umgeni River. The area is marked by its cluster developments and townhouse complexes, as well as free standing homes. On the western boundary of the suburb is the Briardene Informal Settlement and the Umgeni Park light industrial area.

Galleria Shopping Mall (Q39053517)
item type: shopping center
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Galleria Mall is a regional shopping centre located in Amanzimtoti, KwaZulu-Natal and serves Amanzimtoti and nearby towns within the Sapphire Coast region (Amanzimtoti- Umkomaas region). As the largest shopping centre on the South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal, the mall hosts retail giants as well as exclusive boutiques, entertainment, fashion, dining and more.

website: http://galleria.co.za/

Roosfontein Nature Reserve (Q55641629)
item type: protected area
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Roosfontein Nature Reserve is a protected nature area in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Threatened protected species such as the Dwarf Chameleon and Tephrosia inandensis are found in the reserve, which is an example of North Coast Grassland.

Lotus Park, Durban (Q31795003)
item type: human-geographic territorial entity
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Lotus Park is a residential area found in southern Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Durban Cruise Terminal (Q39045769)
item type: cruise terminal
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Durban Cruise Terminal is a new cruise ship terminal constructed in the South African city of Durban.

Illovo Sugar (Q6000236)
item type: business
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Illovo Sugar Africa (Pty) Ltd based in uMhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, is Africa's largest sugar producer. The group produces raw and refined sugar for local, regional African, European Union (EU), United States and world markets from sugar cane supplied by its own agricultural operations and independent growers who supply cane to Illovo's factories.

website: http://www.illovosugar.com/

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Durban (Q683088)
item type: Roman Catholic metropolitan archdiocese
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Archdiocese of Durban evolved from the Vicariate Apostolic of Natal which was erected on 15 November 1850 and elevated to an archdiocese with the title Archdiocese of Durban on 11 January 1951. As of 2002, the Church census shows that there were 217,468 Catholics in 74 parishes in the Archdiocese.

website: http://www.catholic-dbn.org.za

Mount Edgecombe Country Club (Q15603583)
item type: golf course / country club / golf club
Summary from Nederlands / Dutch Wikipedia (nlwiki)

De Mount Edgecombe Country Club is een countryclub in Durban, Zuid-Afrika. De club is opgericht in 1935 en heeft twee 18-holes golfbanen met een par van 72.

Ntshongwenidam (Q61360242)
item type: dam
Summary from Afrikaans / Afrikaans Wikipedia (afwiki)

Die Ntshongwenidam (ook bekend as die Shongwenidam en die Vernon Hooper-dam) in die Mlazirivier (Umlaasrivier) by Shongweni is ‘n belangrike opgaardam van die eThekwini Metropolitaanse Munisipaliteit (Durban).

Playhouse Theatre (Q37433542)
item type: theatre building / movie theater

Street address: 231 Anton Lembede Street, Durban 4001 (from Wikidata)

website: http://www.playhousecompany.com

Criterion Theatre (Q56612024)
item type: theatre building / movie theater / destroyed building or structure

Street address: 119 Esplanade (corner of Victoria Embankment and Field Street) (from Wikidata)

Maydon Wharf Channel (Q31952653)
item type: navigation channel
Summary from Afrikaans / Afrikaans Wikipedia (afwiki)

Die Maydonkaai (Maydon Wharf) is ‘n deel van die hawe van Durban. Dit bestaan uit vasmeerplekke en nywerheidserwe.

29th session of the World Heritage Committee (Q2422145)
item type: session / meeting / events in a specific year or time period
Summary from Français / French Wikipedia (frwiki)

La 29e session du Comité du patrimoine mondial a eu lieu du au à Durban, en Afrique du Sud.

Umhlatuzana Rock Shelter (Q112573223)
item type: archaeological site
Summary from Deutsch / German Wikipedia (dewiki)

Umhlatuzana Rock Shelter ist eine archäologische Fundstätte in Südafrika, rund 35 Kilometer westlich von Durban, in der Provinz KwaZulu-Natal. Der Abri wurde seit rund 70.000 Jahren von Menschen als Aufenthaltsort genutzt und gilt als eine der wenigen Fundstätten im südlichen Afrika, in der Hinterlassenschaften aus der Epoche des Übergangs vom Middle Stone Age zum Later Stone Age (vor 40.000 bis 30.000 Jahren) erhalten geblieben sind.

Atkv Natalia (Q111401286)
item type: resort
Summary from Afrikaans / Afrikaans Wikipedia (afwiki)

Natalia is ‘n vakansieoord aan die suidkus van kwaZulu-Natal. Die oord is by Winkelspruit en 40 km suid van Durban. Sedert 1956 is dit die eiendom van die ATKV.

Anglo-American-gebou-vuurtoring (Q19623112)
item type: lighthouse
Summary from Afrikaans / Afrikaans Wikipedia (afwiki)

Die Anglo-American-gebou-vuurtoring is bo-op die 26ste verdieping van die Anglo American-gebou in die Durbanse waterfront. Die vuurtoring is in 1986 gebou en is onbeman en aktief.

McCord Hospital (Q30271930)
item type: hospital / medical organization

website: http://www.kznhealth.gov.za/McCord-hospital.htm

Wentworth Hospital (Q30281117)
item type: hospital / medical organization

website: http://www.kznhealth.gov.za/wentworthhospital.htm

Charles James TB Hospital (Q119936949)
item type: hospital

Street address: 510031 St, Ezimbokodweni, Malagazi (from Wikidata)

Capri Bio Cafe (Q37433254)
item type: movie theater

Street address: 424 Anton Lembede Street, Durban 4001 (from Wikidata)

Cine X (Q37433281)
item type: movie theater

Street address: 16 Woodford Grove, Durban 4001 (from Wikidata)

CineCentre - SunCoast (Q37433310)
item type: movie theater

Street address: Battery Beach Road, Durban 4000 (from Wikidata)

website: http://www.cinecentre.co.za

Cinerama Theatre (Q37433343)
item type: movie theater / destroyed building or structure

Street address: 223 Anton Lembede Street, Durban 4001 (from Wikidata)

Colosseum Theatre (Q37433380)
item type: movie theater

Street address: 233 Anton Lembede Street, Durban 4001 (from Wikidata)

website: http://www.playhousecompany.com

Embassy Theatre (Q37433409)
item type: movie theater / destroyed building or structure

Street address: 188 Anton Lembede Street, Durban 4001 (from Wikidata)

Metro Theatre (Q37433439)
item type: movie theater / destroyed building or structure

Street address: 229 Anton Lembede Street, Durban 4001 (from Wikidata)

Ocean City Cinema & O'Connor Cinema (Q37433465)
item type: movie theater

Street address: 81 Somtseu Road, Durban (from Wikidata)

Piccadilly Theatre (Q37433515)
item type: movie theater / destroyed building or structure

Street address: 26 Samora Machel Street, Durban 4001 (from Wikidata)

Roxy Bio Cafe (Q37433574)
item type: movie theater

Street address: Dr Pixley Kaseme Street, Durban 4001 (from Wikidata)

Ster Kinekor Kino 600 (Q37433606)
item type: movie theater / destroyed building or structure

Street address: Anton Lembede Street, Durban 4001 (from Wikidata)