Talk:KwaZulu-Natal

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Contents 1 Capital of the Province 2 Corn 3 Requested Move 4 Renaming?

[edit] Capital of the Province

As of the ANC coming into power in the province, Pietermaritzburg is the sole capital. Below is a quote from the Premier, S'bu Ndebele's inauguration address, with a link to an online copy of the address, stating as such:

"In line with our election commitment, and the need for a single government that is not fragmented and disparate, Pietermaritzburg is both the legislative and executive capital of our province." [1]

Jcw69 reverted my changes to this effect in error (though has done a spectacular job of listing all the towns in the province by region :) ).

Some explanation of the history of this description (I think I put this in, but maybe it got taken out?) might be useful.

-kierano

PMB is the only capital. Wizzy 21:02, Jan 17, 2005 (UTC)

I appologise, I far as I knew both Pmb and Ulundi shared capital status, but that was before last years elections and I never came across anything to the contrary until now. Thanks --Jcw69 07:21, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC)

The same statement (that there are two capitals) is also in Provinces of South Africa, so you might want to change that if it's no longer the case. Nyh 07:22, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Corn

This page links to the disambiguation page Corn, but I'm not sure which sense is intended. Can you help? Thanks. — Pekinensis 21:38, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

How many of the whites are anglo-africans i.e english speaking whites? /Martin

Do you mean in South Africa as a whole or just in KZN? Approximately 15% of SA is white, and about 40% of those are home language English-speakers (the rest being Afrikaans). I would think the proportion would be higher in KZN. Joziboy 23 March 2006, 16:15 (UTC)

[edit] Renaming?

Is there a reference for the claim that there are plans to rename KZN simply KwaZulu? I very much doubt it's true. Joziboy 23 April 2006, 13:46 (UTC)

Also, there doesn't seem to be an article on (the now defunct) Natal - if someone wants to start that? There's only this current page, and one about the Boer Republic of Natalia. But there are pages for all of the other old provinces (Cape Province, Orange Free State and Transvaal), so there should really be an article on the province of Natal. Joziboy 23 April 2006, 13:59 (UTC)

I've noticed that comment on renaming, and it's bugging me, too. I'm taking it out until someone can show substantiation. If anything, it doesn't belong in the opening paragraph.

I've been thinking about a Natal page, too. I have been doing some work lately on the history section on the Zulu page, much of which is intertwined with the history of Natal, both as a British colony and as a province. Maybe when I get time...-Kieran 09:46, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Just had a look at your Zulu history section - it's excellent! If you could do the Natal page that would be great. Joziboy 25 April 2006, 10:13 (UTC)

I agree that Province of Natal should have its own article, I came here looking for it and was suprised it isnt here --Astrokey44 02:02, 13 July 2006 (UTC) Never mind, its actually here: Natal Province --Astrokey44 03:07, 13 July 2006 (UTC)