THE REAL DURBAN FISHERFOLK
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Uploaded by 0sh3n on Dec 18, 2009
This is a look at an important fishing community the world forgot. The Durban Seine-netters were Indian Indentured labourers who turned their back on sugar cane farming, just five years after arriving in Natal (1860). They turned to the sea for their livelihood. By 1900 they had established the first community fishing industry in Southern Africa. But throughout their years they were dogged by racial discrimination until finally in 1963, after a century of fishing, the Apartheid Group Areas Act forced them to leave their fishing grounds for good.
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Exceptional!
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Thank you for this video . I was little when i left south africa , I still remember the Chetty brothers Seamen chettys fishing
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And so the plundering of the sea with "take everything you get" continues to this day, the seas are denuded of fish, I have seen the collapse in my life time.
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You'd never get a net full like that these days. I remember when I was a kid, shad fishing they were basically jumping out the sea.
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not for sale - taken offline
not sure why this has been taken of shelves
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I've been trying to find stories of the glory days of Durban fishing, back when the whaling staion was still operating. The piers were some of the best fishing spots on the planet. So far no luck finding info. Does anyone know of a good website?
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my grandfather was also in the fishing business in africa.
he owned 4 fishing trawlers in addition to other businesses like a factory for textiles manufacturing.
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Please note the launch of this book has been pushed back to end of March - we have discovered another 50 great photos (including pics from the Ski Boat Club) which we had to put in...
0sh3n 2 years ago
Very good. Pity no mention was made of the Durban Ski Boat Club who to this day helps the last of the netters survive by helping to maintain their boat and allowing them free use of our tractor to move the boat up and down the beach.
BushZulu 2 years ago
@BushZulu Thanks for you comments. The head of the Seinenetters, Keita Moodley, has acknowledged the considerable support given by the Durban Ski Boat Club and who informed us of a box of photographs at your club which we may be able to access. We will try and include this in the book, with the permission of your club.
0sh3n 2 years ago