Following the interest in the Cape Town and Johannesburg Then & Now videos, we felt it would be a travesty of the first order to leave out a Durban Then & Now. So we set out to recreate Durban scenes of the past in the same location 60 years later.
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Durban Main Beach Front
The Beachfront has always been the epicentre of accessible outdoor entertainment in Durban
View from Golden Sands Hotel
Dr Pixley KaSeme Street (West Street)
Dr Pixley KaSeme Street (formerly West Street) signals the centre of town under it’s new name honouring a hero of the struggle and former president of the ANC.
New Beach
Long characterised by high-rise hotel blocks and the piers which straight-arrow their way into the surf, the face of Durban’s Golden Mile has changed dramatically in recent years; the most significant developments being the Moses Mabhida Stadium, Suncoast Casino and uShaka Marine World near South Beach.
Beachfront Restaurant
Warwick Junction
In what is arguably South Africa’s most authentic African marketplace, Warwick Junction is a mashup of merchants selling everything from traditional ‘muti’ to music and fresh produce.
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That would be great Danny. I was seriously thinking of visiting Durban this March, but after seeing photos of a railway station on fire, a hotel next to where I was going to stay on fire and even smoke billowing out from the main police station, all within a few days of each other, I thought it best to leave it for another time.
DURBAN COULD BECOME ONE OF THE BEST CITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA,IF WE ALL PUT OUR
HEADS TOGETHER AND ASSIST IN ERADICATING CRIME AND REPORTING PEOPLE DEALING IN
DRUGS AND CRIME.ITS OUR CITY ,DONT LET IT TURN OUT TO BE A SLUM,REPORT RUN DOWN BUILDINGS.FOR THE SAKE OF OUR CHILDREN ,WHO WILL BECOME LEADERS IN THE FUTURE.IT IS OUR MORAL OBLIGATIION IN TURNING DURBAN AROUND