There is plenty more interesting information in the text and one of them is where the names of towns like KwaMashu and Clairwood originated. KwaMashu was named after sugarcane farmer Marshall Campbell, who introduced rickshaws to Durban. With Clairwood, it was previously Clairmont but changed to avoid confusion with the other Claremont in Cape Town.
He notes interesting facts about who built the beachfront Amphitheatre between 1933 and 1934.
Two similar books Hughes has produced are;
The Paintings of The Bay of Natal: A Selection of Works Dating From 1845 to 1982, published in 2001, and
Views in Colonial Natal: A Select Catalogue Raisonne of Southern African Paintings of Cathcart William Methven (1849 -1925).
Durban between the wars
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New book has old pictures of Durban
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Ocean Spray, A Dozen Cousins, Olipop Execs to Speak at Virtually Live
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We’re going to test momentum both sales and skateboard with a pair of discussions during BevNET and NOSH’s Virtually Live event on June 22 and 23.
This exclusive online event will be available to BevNET and NOSH Insiders. It will be livestreamed from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., with open networking following our content presentations. You must register to access the live content and networking.
First, we’ll hear from Monisha Dabek, the new Chief Commercial Officer and General Manager of Ocean Spray. Dabek, who has helped grow and scale innovation at WhiteWave, Danone, and PepsiCo. Dabek is tasked with keeping the venerable cranberry cooperative top-of-mind for consumers following its surprising social media bonanza, one created when a TikTok video of a skateboarder drinking an Ocean Spray product became one of the most widely viewed and imitated memes of the winter, one that drew a whole crop of yo