Durban's Old Fort and Dick King
The Old Fort in Durban and Dick King who rode 600 miles to Grahamstown in 1842 to get relief for the British forces in Durban.
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The Old Fort
From this historic fort in Durban, Dick King and Ndongeni set out to ride to Grahamstown to get help for the British who were besieged by the Voortrekkers. King rode 600 miles in 10 days and was successful, but Ndongeni, riding bareback, finally had to give up.
McDonalds ablaze at Old Fort Road - (Mojo News 8 July)
The McDonalds restaurant along KE Masinga Road formerly known as Old Fort Road was set ablaze in Durban this morning from a suspected kitchen fire.
Emergency services claimed that nine people were treated for smoke inhalation but no serious injuries had occurred.
Patients were taken to hospital and everyone was evacuated and the fire was put out. The specific cause of the fire is currently being investigated.
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Durban in the early Twentieth Century
Early film footage of Durban City with it's trams and the Durban Beachfront.
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Dick King (Demo Version)
Recorded in 2010 for the World Cup Soccer that was Hosted in South Africa.
Durban And Hibiscus Coast (1962)
Unissued / Unused material -
Durban and the Hibiscus Coast, South Africa.
VS of children's miniature railway in Durban, shots from travelling along. VS Hibiscus Coast, a section of holiday coast scenes with large sandy beaches and people playing in and out of the sea. VS two people measuring freshly caught shark - looks like it was for scientific purposes. CU Baby penguin. GV of Hibiscus Coast area, gardens, sea and sands. VS Zoo attendant showing visitors a snake. VS Town Hall (possibly Durban) with large square in front, good views around town. Good travelling shots through modern town. GV Modern 'Riviera Hotel' and one of the balconies looking out over the road. MS Through glass side of large aquarium, man in frogman's kit swims among the fish feeding them.
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Early Days - Durban High Jinx
Some old footage of random days skateboarding and life in Durban, South Africa. With rare footage of the man himself, Mr D Knutsen a.k.a. 'The Master'.
HISTORICAL PLACES OF SOUTH AFRICA IN GOOGLE EARTH PART ONE ( 1/3 )
HISTORICAL PLACES OF SOUTH AFRICA PART ONE (1/3)
1. UNION BUILDING,PRETORIA 25°44'25.82S 28°12'42.78E
2. NELSON MANDELA ARRESTED IN 1962 29°28'8.10S 30°10'11.17E
3. HOUSE OF MANDELA,MANDLANTSHA 31°48'21.95S 28°36'21.77E
4. 3D NELSON MANDELA MONUMENT 29°28'6.94S 30°10'12.08E
5. FORT FREDERICK,PORT ELIZABETH 33°57'59.44S 25°37'16.90E
6. RAADZAAL,PRETORIA 25°44'50.92S 28°11'15.46E
7. KIMBERLEY MINE BIG HOLE 28°44'9.76S 24°45'28.73E
8. FLAG 33°57'16.14S 18°26'21.95E
9. FORT SCHANSKOP,PRETORIA 25°46'38.01S 28°11'4.21E
10. STELLENBOSCH MUSEUM 33°56'15.67S 18°51'29.46E
11. NAN HUA BUDDHIST TEMPLE,BRONKHORSTSPRUIT 25°49'28.18S 28°44'1.05E
12. DURBAN HINDU TEMPLE 29°50'45.47S 31° 1'39.24E
13. NIZAMIYE MOSQUE,MIDRAND,GAUTENG 28° 7'45.67E
14. CHURCH,STELLENBOSCH 33°56'19.15S 18°51'36.28E
15. MUSEUM,JOHANNESBURG 26°12'6.40S 28° 1'53.26E
16. ROBBEN ISLAND MUSEUM (MANDELA WAS IMPRISONED) 33°48'15.61S 18°22'11.83E
17. AGULHAS LIGHTHOUSE,CAPE AGULHAS 34°49'45.76S 20° 0'32.35E
18. CHURCH,JOHANNESBURG 26°10'41.48S 28° 3'30.14E
19. TAU TONA GOLD MINE 26°24'54.15S 27°25'37.70E
20. CHURCH,LONG STREET,CAPE TOWN 33°55'35.70S 18°24'50.50E
21. GREEK ORTHODOX CATHDRAL,PRETORIA 25°45'26.53S 28°13'54.25E
Abandoned // WW1 Bunker // Cape Town
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This is one of the coastal batteries installed around the coast during WW2. South Africa had one of the most extensive coastal defence systems of any of the commonwealth nations. Cape Town and it's approaches were guarded by nine 9.2 inch coastal guns - 3 on Robben Island, 3 at Apostle battery and 3 at Scala battery. The Apostle guns could fire into False Bay and the Scala guns could fire into Table Bay. They never fired a round in anger. The last guns were only installed after WW2 was over. The chain stretched from Saldanha Bay to Durban and consisted of many smaller guns as well - 6 inch coastal guns being the most numerous - and at Fort Wynyard there are still a couple. Fort Wynyard was the close defence fortress for Table Bay. I do not recall if any of the six inch guns remain at Signal Hill - I have a feeling they were removed when the chain was finally declared obsolete in 1975. It survived that long in mothballs despite there being no ammunition for it since the nineteen fifties. A chain of radar stations provided targetting data. At one stage South Africa bought the 15 inch gunned monitor HMS Roberts to provide extra gunfire support but the Brits cancelled the deal at the outbreak of WW2. In 1976 I was part of a team that went up to Fort Collins to reactivate the 10cm radar station there as an exercise.
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OLD DURBAN- CLIPS FROM FROM THE FIFTYS-AWESOME!
CLIPS OF DURBAN IN THE FIFTYS INCLUDING - THE YATCH BASIN. THE SWAN AT BLUE LAGOON. WATER SKING AT BLUE LAGOON. THE 1ST BOEING TO LAND IN DURBS .SOME FASHIONS AND CARS . THE MAIL BOAT WITH THE STEAM TUGS. LIFESAVING EXAMS AT ADDINGTON PLUS MORE - ENJOY!
South Africa's Oldest Existing Colonial Building
In 1652, the first settlement in the Western Cape was founded by the Dutch East India Company. Today, the 'Castle of Good Hope' is known as the oldest existing colonial building from that era.
From the Series: Aerial Africa: Western Cape
Remembering Durban's Famous Thirsty's Dockside Tavern
Flashback on Durban's famous and popular watering hole Thirsty's, which closed down in January 2007. Thirsty's Dockside Tavern was situated at the harbour entrance where one could enjoy a drink and live entertainment while also having a close up view of the passing ships . Filmed by Tekweni TV Productions in 1996. tekweni@iafrica.com
metal detectors south africa
In this video I head off into the local Sand Dunes in Cape Town, South Africa to try and find some treasure. It is my first attempt to film and detect at the same time but hopefully I will improve in my filming and my treasure hunting capabilities. Thanks for watching.
HISTORICAL PLACES OF SOUTH AFRICA IN GOOGLE EARTH PART TWO ( 2/3 )
HISTORICAL PLACES OF SOUTH AFRICA PART TWO (2/3)
1. ROPE WAY TO TABLE MOUNTAIN,CAPE TOWN 33°56'54.33S 18°24'11.28E
2. OLD FORT CONSTITUTIONAL HILL,JOHANNESBURG 26°11'23.21S 28° 2'34.80E
3. VENETIA DIAMOND MINE, 22°25'54.60S 29°19'12.96E
4. CITY HALL,DURBAN 29°51'30.80S 31° 1'35.16E
5. ST.AUGUSTINE'S CATHEDRAL,CAPE TOWN 33°57'46.26S 25°37'20.80E
6. MONUMENT,DURBAN 29°51'31.37S 31° 1'30.88E
7. SINGNS ON MOUNTAINS 25°41'34.60S 28°10'16.36E
8. SOUTH AFRICA MUSUEM,CAPE TOWN 33°55'44.02S 18°24'53.66E
9. TOWN HALL,PORT ELIZABETH 33°57'44.86S 25°37'25.36E
10. FORT AMIEL 27°44'47.16S 29°55'17.52E
11. GREEN POINT LIGHTHOUSE,CAPE TOWN 33°54'5.00S 18°23'58.69E
12. HIPPOS,ST.LUCIA 28°19'18.90S 32°24'30.39E
13. DITSONG NATIONAL MUSEUM,PRETORIA 25°45'12.11S 28°11'4.07E
14. ST.GEORGE'S CATHEDRAL,CAPE TOWN 33°55'29.68S 18°25'10.10E
15. MILLENNIUM TOWER,DURBAN 29°52'32.76S 31° 3'26.94E
16. DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH,PAARL 33°43'58.57S 18°57'47.91E
17. CHAPEL,UP CAMPUS,PRETORIA 25°45'16.55S 28°13'57.63E
18. RHENISH MISSIONARY CHURCH,STELLENBOSCH 33°56'16.61S 18°51'32.29E
19. CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST,JOHANNESBURG 26°10'40.51S 28° 2'20.99E
20. SEAL ISLAND,FALSE BAY 34° 8'14.81S 18°34'57.76E
21. VOORTREKKER MONUMENT,PRETORIA LEON 25°46'34.83S 28°10'32.68E
The Women's Jail at Constitution Hill
In 1910, eight years after the black men’s prison was established, a women’s jail was built in close proximity to the Old Fort and Number Four. The prison housed both black and white inmates, though separately. Of all the buildings in the precinct – even more so than the Old Fort’s deceptive exterior – the architecture of the Women’s Jail belies its internal abuse. Read more here: constitutionhill.org.za/sites/site-womens-jail
SOUTH AFRICA: NATIONAL DEFENCE FORCE TRAINING
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South Africa's military, once seen as the iron fist of the apartheid regime, has had to march quickly to integrate black and white soldiers since the country's turn to democracy five years ago.
And now the South African National Defence Force is for the first time training men and women soldiers together.
The Army Gymnasium at Heidelberg.
It is one of two units that have integrated the training of male and female soldiers to supply the country's 16 army corps.
The other is Number Three Infantry Batallion which is the training depot of the South African army.
But there men and women are only trained to the level of rifleman for the Rapid Deployment Forces and part-time forces.
SOUNDBITE: (in English)
I think we're doing a great job. We're keeping up to the men's standards. We're working just as hard as them if not harder because we don't have that masculine physical ability. And I think it's great.
SUPER CAPTION: Tanya Fraser, Army recruit
SOUNDBITE: (in English)
I feel good about the whole thing. But I feel sometimes I am a woman in a man's world. But I'll make it and we, the ladies, are doing the best out of it.
SUPER CAPTION: Ladymore Babi, Army recruit
The 46-week course at Army Gymnasium includes ten weeks of basic training; a 13-week leadership development process; 12-weeks learning how to instruct new recruits; 13-weeks in which an individual soldier works towards becoming either a Non-Commissioned Officer or an Officer; and a final two weeks in which one is taught the basics of being a physical training instructor.
SOUNDBITE: (in English)
The Army Gymnasium's aim and function is to train leaders for the 16 official corps of the South African army and this is the first time that men and women will undergo this training at the same training institution, doing exactly the same training curriculum and
reaching the same objectives.
SUPER CAPTION: Colonel Antoni Bornman, Officer Commanding Army Gymnasium
During the Leadership Development Programme a soldier is assessed as to whether they make the grade to become a cadet or a Non-Commissioned Officer.
This decision is made on the individual's profile as well as the needs of the army.
It is in this phase that the soldiers are expected to walk 80 kilometres in three days in full kit.
Women soldiers carry a slightly lighter kit.
But it is in this phase that the leadership and military skills of the soldiers are put to the test.
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Emergency landing at the old Durban Airport
Emergency landing at the old Durban Airport
The Ghost At Fort Nottingham - Part 2
Ghosts Stories at Fort Nottingham in the Midlands Meander. A presence and a feeling of coldness felt by sangoma Elliot. A paranormal reading on an electro-magnetic meter of a ghost.
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