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30-492: Durban International Airport (formerly Louis Botha Airport ) was the international airport of Durban from 1951 until 2010, when it was replaced by King Shaka International Airport , 60 kilometres (37 mi) to the north. The airport is co-located with AFB Durban . The airport was opened in 1951, replacing the Stamford Hill Aerodrome . The original name of the airport was Louis Botha International, named after

60-644: A 'B', are household words. They are General Booth , General Botha and General Baden-Powell ..." After Botha's death in 1919, Annie Botha settled on a farm in Rusthof and spent winters in Sezela, where she died in 1937. Sculptor Raffaello Romanelli won the competition to create the equestrian statue of Botha that stands in front of the South African Parliament building but died before completing it. His son Romano Romanelli , and his grandson's family Arend Botha

90-628: A group of Boers that had supported Dinuzulu against Zibhebhu in 1884. Botha later became a member of the parliament of Transvaal in 1897, representing the district of Vryheid . In 1899, Louis Botha fought in the Second Boer War , initially joining the Krugersdorp Commando , continuing to fight under Lucas Meyer in Northern Natal, and later as a general commanding and leading Boer forces impressively at Colenso and Spion Kop . On

120-587: A prominent part in politics, advocating always measures which he considered as tending to the maintenance of peace and good order and the re-establishment of prosperity in the Transvaal. His war record made him prominent in the politics of Transvaal and he was a major player in the postwar reconstruction of that country, founding with Jan Smuts the Het Volk Party in the Transvaal Colony in 1904, which served as

150-603: A springboard to campaign for responsible self-government for the colony. After the grant of self-government to the Transvaal on 6 December 1906 and the success of his Het Volk Party at the first elections in February 1907, Botha was called upon by Lord Selborne to form a government as Prime Minister on 4 March 1907, and in the spring of the same year he took part in the conference of colonial premiers held in London. During his visit to England on this occasion General Botha declared

180-689: Is why we stand with them today side by side in the cause which has brought us all together." At the end of the War he briefly led a British Military Mission to Poland during the Polish–Soviet War . He argued that the terms of the Versailles Treaty were too harsh on the Central Powers , but signed the treaty. Botha was unwell for most of 1919. He was plagued by fatigue and ill health that arose from his robust waistline. Botha married Annie Emmett at

210-621: The Dutch Reformed Church in Vryheid on 13 December 1886. Annie Botha later converted from Anglicanism to Dutch Reformed Protestantism. Shortly after their wedding, they settled on the Waterval Farm in Vryheid. They had five children together, three sons and two daughters. General Louis Botha died of heart failure at his home following an attack of Spanish influenza on 27 August 1919 in

240-530: The South African statesman. The airport maintained this name until 1994 when the political changes that came with that year in South Africa resulted in a change of name to Durban International Airport. While the airport served the domestic market well, the airport suffered from low international passenger numbers and a runway that was too short for a fully laden Boeing 747 to take off. Due to the short runway and

270-631: The Sultan of Zanzibar denied them permission to enter his dominions. They turned back and stopped over in Port Natal (Durban), where local Lutherans in New Germany under the leadership of Wilhelm Posselt encourage them to consider a mission to the Zulu people. The Hermannsburg missionaries accepted and started a mission in South Africa. They bought the farm Perseverance on the edge of Zululand near Greytown as Mpande

300-786: The airport was transferred from the Airports Company South Africa to Transnet in 2012, for the construction of a dig-out port. In 2017, it was reported that plans for the dig-out port had been placed on hold until "at least 2030". No provision was made during the planning and construction of KSIA to accommodate the South African Air Force base at DIA, thus AFB Durban , 15 Squadron and related support units are still operating from this airport. Louis Botha Louis Botha ( locally / ˈ b ʊər t ə / BOOR -tə , Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈlu.i ˈbuəta] ; 27 September 1862 – 27 August 1919)

330-680: The death of P. J. Joubert , he was made commander-in-chief of the Transvaal Boers , where he demonstrated his abilities again at Belfast-Dalmanutha . After one of the battles at the Tugela River , Botha granted a twenty-four-hour armistice to General Buller to enable him to bury his dead. Winston Churchill revealed that General Botha was the man who captured him at the Battle of Chieveley. Coetzer 1996 , p. 30 also claims that Botha captured Churchill at train ambush 15 November 1899. Churchill

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360-660: The early hours of the morning. He was 56. His wife Annie was at home and was joined by Engelenburg who had acted as a private secretary to Botha. Botha was laid to rest in the Heroes' Acre of the Church Street Cemetery in Pretoria. Of Botha, Winston Churchill wrote in Great Contemporaries "The three most famous generals I have known in my life won no great battles over a foreign foe. Yet their names, which all begin with

390-567: The first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa. In 1911, together with another Boer war hero, Jan Smuts , he formed the South African Party , or SAP. Widely viewed as too conciliatory with Britain, Botha faced revolts from within his own party and opposition from James Barry Munnik Hertzog 's National Party . He was a South African Freemason . Botha, like Hertzog , advocated for the preservation of black traditions, which ultimately lead to

420-504: The future usage of the airport site will be, it is widely expected that the site will be used for future industrial development. The site is located on a large parcel of flat land in the Durban South Industrial Basin , which is already home to much of the city's heavy industry; given Durban's generally very hilly terrain, such a large, flat parcel is ideal for future industrial development, port expansion, or both. Ownership of

450-587: The hub and spoke policy that was adopted in the 1990s (favouring OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg ), Durban lost almost all of its international traffic. Plans to move the airport to La Mercy , approximately 60 kilometres (37 mi) north of Durban International Airport, were proposed and shelved numerous times between the 1970s and 2007, before construction of what was to become King Shaka International Airport began in September 2007. Construction of

480-622: The king of the Zulus would not allow them to settle in his land. In 1854, after arrival at the new mission station, the missionaries constructed a large house (the Mission House), which was converted to a museum in 1981. Some unique aspects of the mission approach of the Hermannsburg Missionary Society included its practice of community of property, its extensive use of lay artisans, and its practice of "colonisation," i.e. having

510-570: The mission stations form the nucleus of new settlements with the intent of establishing an African Christian civilization. As the mission blossomed, Louis Harms appointed August Hardeland as the first mission superintendent. August Hardeland arrived in Natal in December, 1859. While his leadership was certainly vigorous and contributed to the organisation and consolidation of the Hermannsburg mission, it

540-457: The new airport was completed in 2010, with Durban International Airport handling its final flight on 30 April 2010 and all flights transferring to King Shaka International Airport in a single, overnight move. The airport was used by the South African Air Force and the Police Air Wing during the 2010 FIFA World Cup , before being decommissioned. Although it is currently unclear as to what

570-682: The region. In South Africa, five churches have grown out of this initial group of missionaries, namely the ELCSA , ELCSA Cape , ELCSA-NT , LCSA and FELSISA , with further growth in Lutheran churches in Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland. Other Lutheran missions also worked in South Africa, as well as in the rest of Africa. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa counts 580,000 baptized members across South Africa, Botswana , and Swaziland . Across

600-600: The school at Hermannsburg before his family relocated to the Orange Free State . The name Louis runs throughout the family, with every generation since General Louis Botha having the eldest son named Louis. Botha had three brothers who also served as generals in the Second Boer War: an older brother Philip Rudolf (1851–1901), and two younger brothers, Chris (1864–1902), a police officer, and Theunis Jacobus Botha (1867–1930). Louis Botha led " Dinuzulu's Volunteers ",

630-700: The segregation of the black and white races. After the First World War started, he sent troops to take German South-West Africa , a move unpopular among Boers, which provoked the Boer Revolt . At Versailles on 1 June 1919, 17 years after the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging, General Botha, now a member of the British Empire Delegation, put his hand on Lord Milner 's shoulder, and said "Seventeen years ago, my friend and I made peace at Vereeniging – it

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660-622: The unit to capture Churchill was the Italian Volunteer Legion and its commander, Camillo Ricchiardi . After the fall of Pretoria in June 1900, Louis Botha led a concentrated guerrilla campaign against the British together with Koos de la Rey and Christiaan de Wet . The success of his measures was seen in the steady resistance offered by the Boers to the very close of the three-year war. Botha

690-755: The wholehearted adhesion of the Transvaal to the British Empire , and his intention to work for the welfare of the country regardless of racial differences. The following year Botha participated in the National Convention (South Africa) which opened up the way for the passage of the South Africa Act of 1909 by the British parliament which in turn allowed for the formation of the Union of South Africa . When South Africa obtained dominion status in 1910, Botha became

720-654: Was a South African politician who was the first prime minister of the Union of South Africa , the forerunner of the modern South African state. A Boer war veteran during the Second Boer War , Botha eventually fought to have South Africa become a British Dominion . Louis Botha was born in Greytown , Natal one of seven sons and eight daughters born to Louis Botha Senior ( Somerset East , Eastern Cape , 26 March 1827 – Harrismith , Orange Free State , 5 July 1883) and Salomina Adriana van Rooyen (Somerset East, 31 March 1829 – Harrismith, 9 January 1886). Louis Botha briefly attended

750-403: Was a bitter peace for us, bitter hard. We lost all for which we had fought – our independence, our flag, our country. But we turned our thoughts and efforts then to saving our people; and they, the victors, helped us. It was a hard peace for us to accept, but as I know it now, when time has shown us the truth, it was not unjust – it was a generous peace that the British people made with us, and that

780-500: Was also marked by severe conflict on numerous levels which had a profound impact on the development of the mission and the Lutheran churches that developed out of it. In 1856 the missionaries started a boarding school, which is still in operation as a private boarding school today. Various missionaries of the Hermannsburg Mission, supported by laymen- and women, immigrated to South Africa and established mission stations across

810-583: Was contracted to finish his father's work. Sculptor Anton van Wouw created a statue of Botha in Durban unveiled in 1921. Sculptor Coert Steynberg was commissioned to create the equestrian statue of Botha in front of the Union Buildings in Pretoria. It was unveiled in 1946. The General Botha Regiment of the South African Army is named after Botha. Hermannsburg, KwaZulu-Natal Hermannsburg

840-512: Was established in 1854 as the first station of the Hermannsburg Missionary Society based in Hermannsburg , Germany . The Hermannsburg Missionary Society was founded on the initiative of Louis Harms , who served the Saints Peter and Paul Lutheran Congregation in Hermannsburg, Germany. Under his leadership, the missionaries originally planned to reach Ethiopia , but were forced to turn back when

870-553: Was not aware of the man's identity until 1902, when Botha travelled to London seeking loans to assist his country's reconstruction, and the two met at a private luncheon. The incident is also mentioned in Arthur Conan Doyle 's book, The Great Boer War , published in 1902. However more recent sources claim that Field cornet Sarel Oosthuizen was in fact the Boer soldier who, at gunpoint, captured Churchill. Another version claims that

900-459: Was prominent in efforts to achieve a peace with the British, representing the Boers at the peace negotiations in 1902, and was signatory to the Treaty of Vereeniging . In the period of reconstruction under British rule, Botha went to Europe with de Wet and de la Rey to raise funds to enable the Boers to resume their former avocations. Botha, who was still looked upon as the leader of the Boer people, took

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