THE old pictures today feature the Vasco da Gama Clock, which has had a long and chequered history and has been moved around the city on a number of occasions.
The clock was a gift from the people of Portugal to the city of Durban, and was erected in Point Road in 1897 to mark the 400th anniversary of the Portuguese explorer’s voyage to India. During the voyage he discovered a large bay on the south-eastern coast of Africa on