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South Durban Basin has a long and colourful history spanning years of natural environmental change - shipwrecks, tribal settlements, the Anglo-Boer War, two World Wars, slave trade, a whaling station, a military base, Apartheid and the relocation of coloureds and Indians, and phenomenal industrial growth in many ways. South Durban Basin has transcended its history, transforming areas of war into areas of industrial and commercial growth, honouring nature and working as a community to create a carbon neutral environment, and embracing the different cultures that were previously thrown together.
VISIT
* Cave Rock
* Clairwood Temple
* The Nelson Mandela Stone in Jacobs * The Bluff Ridge
WHALE FACTS:
Whales were originally hunted for their blubber which was rendered into oil and used to make soap, margarine and cooking fat. Spermaceti (sperm oil) was used as a general purpose lubricant for delicate machinery and spermaceti was used in candles, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. Baleen was used as stays for women’s corsets, umbrella handles and riding crops.
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