John William Colenso was a Cornish cleric and mathematician, defender of the Zulu and biblical scholar, who served as the first Bishop of Natal. He was a scholar of the Zulu language. In his role as an Anglican theologian, Colenso is now remembered for views of the Bible that set off intense controversy.
KwaZulu-Natal is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the government merged the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu and Natal Province.
Pietermaritzburg is the capital and second-largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa after Durban. It was named in 1838 and is currently governed by the Msunduzi Local Municipality. The town was named in Zulu after King Dingane's royal homestead uMgungundlovu. Pietermaritzburg is popularly called Maritzburg in Afrikaans and is often informally abbreviated to PMB. It is a regionally important industrial hub, producing aluminium, timber and dairy products, as well as the main economic hub of uMgungundlovu District Municipality. The public sector is a major employer in the city due to local, district and provincial government offices located here.
Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu was the King of the Zulu nation from 1968 to his death in 2021.
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 north-west of Durban and 64 km south-east of Pietermaritzburg.
Westville is an area in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and is just west and 10 km inland from the Durban CBD. It was formerly and independent municipality and became part of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality in 2002.
Hilton College, more commonly referred to as Hilton, is a South African private boarding school for boys located near the town of Hilton in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands and is situated on a 1,762 ha estate that includes a 550 ha wildlife reserve and the 150 ha school campus
Harry Gwala Regional Hospital (formerly Edendale Hospital), established in 1954, is a 1,275- bed regional and district hospital in Edendale near Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), South Africa, operated by the KZN Department of Health.
Peter McKenzie Brown was a founding member of the Liberal Party of South Africa and succeeded Alan Paton as its national chairman in 1958.
The Diocese of Natal is in the region of Natal, South Africa, the diocese has its northern boundary at the Tugela River. The episcopal leader of the diocese is the bishop of Natal.
Henry Selby Msimang was a South African political leader and activist.
Richard Austin Kraft was an American-born South African Anglican Bishop.
Impendle is a town in Umgungundlovu District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.
Edendale is a township in Msunduzi local municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.
Edendale Technical High School is a public school in South Africa.
The Reverend John Thomas (1871–1921) was a Wesleyan Methodist Church minister, schoolmaster and community leader in the province of Natal, South Africa. The World Methodist Historical Society notes that Rev. Thomas was the very first East Indian minister to ever be ordained in South Africa, and probably the first ever non-white ordination, since it was standard practice for both the Anglican and Roman Catholic sects to import all Indian ministers from India. According to the Rev. S. H. Stott, in his autobiographical work, 'A Nonagenarian's Experiences and Observations in Many Lands.', Rev. John Thomas is noted for his single-handed translation of the Bible into the Dravidian Tamil language and Telugu language which was an essential element for the growth of Christianity in the South African Indian community.
The following is a timeline of the history of Pietermaritzburg. It is part of the Msunduzi Local Municipality in the Umgungundlovu District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa.
Magema Magwaza Fuze was the author of Abantu Abamnyama Lapa Bavela Ngakona, the first book in the Zulu language published by a native speaker of the language.
Vikinduku Victor Mnculwane is a South African Anglican Bishop of the Diocese of Zululand. He was elected at an Elective Assembly of the Diocese of Zululand, held on 20 May 2021 and his episcopal ordination was on 12 September 2021, held at the Cathedral Church of St Michael and All Angels in Eshowe. He succeeds Bishop Monument Makhanya as the fifteenth bishop of Zululand.
Trevor Richard Gorven is a South African judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal. Before his elevation to that court, he served in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court from December 2008 to June 2021. He was formerly an advocate in Pietermaritzburg, primarily practising civil litigation, and he received silk status in 2006.
