Back then, before the intrusive advent of industrialisation, the Durban bay was separated from the sea by a sandbar, where crocodiles, hippopotamuses and flamingos spent their days in the vast waters of the bay while its swampy edges were densely populated with mangroves.
Ngaleso sikhathi, ngaphambi kokufika kokuthikamezeka kwezimboni, leli chweba lahlukaniswa nolwandle ngesihlabathi, lapho izingwenya, izimvubu namaflamingo bachitha khona izinsuku zabo emanzini amakhulu etheku ngenkathi amaphethelo awo ayenamaxhaphozi igcwele ama-mangroves.