Durban’s famous beachfront is like a magnet. Known as the Golden Mile, it draws people from all walks of life to its golden beaches, the warm, blue sea, the white-crested waves breaking on to the shoreline, the sand dunes with indigenous plants, the line of hotels forming a skyline and the palm-fringed promenade stretching away from the harbour entrance to Blue Lagoon.
It’s an enchanting place. Here you see a medley of humanity in all its guises – black and white, the young and old, big and small, the fat and rounded, thin and tall, short and plump, children and toddlers, mothers pushing their babies in prams, the invalid in wheelchairs; people walking, running, cycling; children on roller skates and tourists on rickshaws; others strolling along, breathing in the fresh…
