1928 - 1994
SOUTH AFRICA
Natal (Until 1994)
Natal means "Christmas" in Portuguese, so called because it was
first reached by the Vasco da Gama expedition in that time of the year. This former
province contained KwaZulu and two enclaves of
Transkei. In 1994, it became the new province of KwaZulu Natal excluding the two pieces of Transkei territory that are now part of the new Eastern Cape.
