Not the usual photos

The Kwasizabantu website does contain a few thousand photos (if you really look for them). Many need to be updated because projects grow, ministries expand and people get older, and many younger co-workers are being added year by year. We do have the more unusual photos of people, projects, rural areas, faces, flowers, wildlife, etc. If it is possible, we will try and add a new one every week. Each one will be archived on this page so that you can see the ones you may have missed. (acknowledgements)

Why not use the high resolution photos as Wallpaper on your computer, or part of your screen saver pictures?

Here's a differnt view of Kwasizabantu Mission. It's taken from a hill on the Eastern side, from Phezukomkhono School. Click here for a higher resolution.

See anything unusual here? You may see it in this higher resolution photo.

This supermoon photo in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands (about 100km from Kwasizabantu), used with permission from www.africaimagery.com. More photos around the world:


A supermoon is the coincidence of a full moon with the closest approach the Moon makes to the Earth on its elliptical orbit, resulting in the largest apparent size of the moon's disk as seen from Earth. The technical name is the perigee-syzygyof the Earth-Moon-Sun system

for a higher resolution copy of morning mist at Kwasizabantu, click here

What are these? No, they're not graves! These are baby avocado trees with plastic around them for at least two purposes. Protection from duiker buck that love baby avo leaves; protection from cold and from drying out. Click here for a higher resolution photo.

KwaSizabantu enjoys beautiful sunsets. Here is a higher-resolution photo taken by DW in April.

children can have fun without expensive toys; see higher quality pic here

for a higher resolution photo of these friends click here.

for a higher resolution photo of this traditionally dressed Zulu woman, click here.

Dragon-fruit is one of many exotic fruit being reaped at the Kwasizabantu mission in Pietermaritzburg. Click here to see many more photos and good information about this beautiful fruit.

Satellite image of cloud patterns over Africa, (see Durban on the East Coast to get an idea of weather over KSB and cloud systems on the way). This photo was taken at noon, 27 March 2012. Here is the high-resolution version. But, even better, go to the website which has continually updated weather photos. Scroll down to the East Coast and you will see virtually live weather over KSB.

for a higher quality resolution of this mission plane on the Magqogo Mission airstrip, click here. Read more about Magqoko here.

for a higher quality photo of this moth. It has now been identified as the "African Lunar Moth"  It turns out that this is a rare moth known as "Argema Mimosae".
Here is a pic of it's cousin in Maine, USA, , and another cousin in Canada,

Cyclone Irina which hit the East Coast of KwaZulu-Natal on Satuday evening, early March 2012.
By Sunday it had been downgraded to a severe storm. Kwasizabantu Mission received much need rain. The main damage was on the coast.

for a better quality picture of KZN wildlife, click here

Pineapples growing at Magqogo. Higher quality here

for a higher quality pic of Iris next to a traditionally dressed Zulu man at Mahlaba, click here

For a higher resolution copy of this rainbow (looking Westwards), at KSB, click here (nearly 9 megs). Another angle, , with higher resolution, taken by DW.

for a higher resolutiton image of these lights outside the auditorium during the Youth Week in December, click here

a mole needed to escape the drenching radio during the hailstorm. Higher quality here. Another photo here.

higher resolution of this full-moon taken at Maqhogo mission during an eye-clinic there.

Not often that you find snow at Kwasizabantu. Actually, it's hail. The mission is in a hail belt and every so often it arrives!. On 28 November it arrived in full force although the hail stones were not as big as in the past where they were between a golf ball and tennis ball in size. More photos of the hail on 28 November, click here

Stormy weather photos. This one is taken towards the tower on the hill, westerly.

as we move into summer dramatic storms are witnessed. This photo is facing south-west. A higher resolution can be copied here.

for a higher resolution of these Mammatus clouds  over KSB on 19 October see here

These Mammatus were photographed at Kwasizabantu on 19 October 2011 by DW. See higher resolution here.

higher resolution of this well camourflaged grasshopper here

for a higher quality of this "after the storm" photo, click here

for a higher quality photo (2megs) of this KSB sunset, click here

This leopard was among the animals shown to DSS pupils at the mission some years ago

A higher resolution of this Strellitzia Mandella here

for a higher resolution of these hydroponic sweet peppers click here

higher quality shot of these "pre-bottles"

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for a higher quality version of this beetle on a lily, click here

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for a higher quality version of this Radio Khwezi studio photo, click here

for a higher resolution of these cookie shapes at the KSB bakery, click here

for a higher resolution of these retired African pots, click here

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higher resolution of this hurrican lamp

for a higher resolution copy of this young mechanic, click here

This thermal  image was taken at 20:30 on the 10th July. The concrete slabs and the walls (creche and building next to it) are still a bit warm from the afternoon sun. The purple is colder than the lighter colours. Black is the coldest, then dark blue, purple, red, yellow and the warmest white, as you can see on the scale on the right of the image, 6-14° is the range on this image. Higher resolution here.

for a higher resolution of this winter leaf, click here

Higher resolution of this photo taken during the Youth Conference, of the Kwasizabantu Auditorium, outside at night. But you can copy this 68k photo.

Unfurling fern - hope of life springing up. Click here for high resolution photo.

tea-time at previous Youth Conference. Higher resolution here

another angle of this hut the nearby area of the mission (higher res here)

a traditional rooster on a hut a few hundred metres from the mission. A high-resolution version (7.65megs)

Despite buildings going up all the time KSB makes a lot of use of tents. This photo shows the various ropes needed. Click here for a high resolution version.

evening entrance to Auditorium (click here for a high resolution version)

local locust - high res here

No relation but is a member (mostly unwanted among KSB's farm crops) of local wildlife. Click here for a deeper look into this monkey's eyes

for a higher resolution of this lovely child standing in the mechanical workshop door, click here

for a much higher resolution of this cloud seen from KSB, click here

for a higher (half meg) resolution of this aerial photo taken from the SW in May 2011, click here

higher resolution of these animals observing each other outside the KSB Reception

high-res version of this mobile brother and sister here

weapons against fire and water, in auditorium on a rainy day. High resolution photo here

the full moon on 19 March was a spectacular sight at Kwasizabantu. (more about the event in South Africa) For a high resolution version of the above photo and a another one when the moon had risen higher.

This photo of the pulpit during the 2011 Ministers' Conference has a higher resolution version here

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(bubbles around a straw in KSB's coffee shop) High resolution version here

a new technique for rondavel roofs. The 55 huts at the mission were built in the African way with straw roofs. In exapanding them, converting them to two level rondavels, it provides more room for families. But the roof always needs seeing to. Now, 6 have been done with wood and a water-proof "skin". To see the process (with newer photos end of  February) of how this first one was transported and placed onto the first hut, click here. If you want a higher resolution copy of this picture, click here.

for a slightly higher resolution of this bird found near Kwasizabantu mission in Paraguay

click here for a higher resolution of this photo of the auditorium rooftop, looking to the east.

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higher resolution photo, "after the rain"

another photo here of Tembalethu Play Centre. This 3 level Kindergarten doubles up as the home of the Haux family. (more photos of TPC 2010 here)

Just above Kwasizabantu is the Milky Way, very visible on a clear night. This photo, though, was taken by Nasa's infra-red cameras. For a higher resolution click here.

And if you're doing it the other way round, looking down from high up there, you'll see Africa at night:

cactus at mission, higher resolution

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high resolution of sound system, MG, in auditorium

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for a higher resolution version of this local zebra, click here

high-res of school chalk & dusters

leaf-like butterfly at KSB (higher resolution here)

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some of local game. Higher resolution here.

for a higher resolution photo of the this rear view the DSS sportsfield, click here

local tyred wildlife, higher resolution here

higher res of this busy bee

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(if you want the Google maps link for directions to or from KSB click here

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Intelligent Design - high resolution here

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for higher resolution of these local growing mushrooms, click here

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hills of the Tugela Valley. See more about the Kwasizabantu Mission in the valley. (higher resolution photo here)

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advanced tech doesn't mean we can't use tried and tested methods. High resolution here

Die Kop is just 20km from the mission (about 5km "as the crow flies"), overlooking the Tugela valley. Higher resolution photo here

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cockpit view of mission, from south (3 meg version here)

this is a house in the Tugela Valley, not too far from the KSB Magqoga mission. Zulus usually build huts but sticks & stones (plus mud) goes a long way for a new home. 3meg version here

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orchids and chamelion at KSB - high-res here

orchids at KSB, higher res here

after storm at KSB on 3 February 2010;  hi-res here

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palm tree at in Rev Stegen's garden. Higher graphics copy here

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Christmas bell on tree in Auditorium. High-resultution here (about 10megs)

Poppies, photographed outside one of the 55 huts; high resolution version here

for a high resolution copy of this photo (perhaps to use as wallpaper on your computer?) click here

for a high resolution of these water drops click here

rose at KSB rondavels, October 2009 (click here for high resolution)

click here for the high resolution photo of Kwasizabantu by night (an overview from the tower, August 2009, looking north)

baby rhino - photo taken by T. Keller

ksb sunsets are wonderful, especially as we go into winter

a typical Zulu rural scene, taken by A. van der Walt

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taken by M. Muller, 9 April 2009, at KSB. High-resolution version here

looking at the auditorium through the mist and palms, 25 March 2009

Photo taken by D. Wunderlich, March 2009. Click here for full resolution version

John Powys relaxing at a Mozambique lake (for a few minutes before the trip into the bush). Photo taken by T. Vermaak. For a high resolution (printable) version of this photo click on the following thumbnail.

for some reason more and more flights to Durban fly over KSB instead of Greytown which was the previous route. This is what it looks like from below. With the new Durban airport (King Shaka airport, which can handle international flights) we expect more traffic overhead, and perhaps higher resolution photos from Google Earth.

Kwasizabantu has spectacular sunsets. Though this one is from a while ago, similar ones are now startinig and we'll post some of them on this site.

Nicola, Daniel and Carol's daughter, expressing her feelings.

one of the birdbaths at the mission, frequented by local finches

This baby elephant was photographed by Tim Keller, a friend of the mission, on a mission trip in East Africa.

We make use of high-tech and low-tech at the mission. This kitchn is used to cook the starches such as beans and maize meal.

This tower has an interesting history. There is a South African tradition of stealing telephone copper-cable. It's still happening all over the country and unethical scrap dealers collect the stolen copper, melt it down and export it, usually to the East. Some years ago it affected us so badly that we were without phone connection for days at a time. However, we came to an agreement with Telkom (SA's telephone provider) that if we built a tower they would put up a microwave dish and aim it straight at their reception dish at Eshowe. Since then, our communications, except for the occassional lightning problem, has worked like a dream, because THERE IS NOT MORE COPPER CABLE TO STEAL.

one of the many beautiful sunsets at Kwasizabantu

boy shows how big the hail can be at KSB

This lantern is outside the new college campus, CCE

The dining hall and other buildings as seen from the communications tower.

changing Zulu architecture. Most huts have also included a "square" house because it is so pracitcal and easy to build. Those who still believe in the ancestral spirits always make sure that there is always a hut as well: 'because the spirits of the ancestors get confused in a square house", it is said.

one of the many beautiful birds at the mission

a decorative vegatable dish by Mrs Katarina Matveyuk

Sunset over aloe plants at Mahlaba, one of Kwasizabantu's outposts. (photo taken by M. Ludwig)

This photo was taken a while ago during one of the hailstorms which occur in our area. The horses are running away and fortunately none of them were injured. (taken by T. Olsen)

the beauty of a spider web

Children at water-hole at KSB Mahlaba

One of the more unusual frogs we have around here (Picture taken by D. Wunderlich)

If you look very carefully (after clicking on this thumbnail) you'll see an insect praying; well, kind of. It's called a Praying Mantis and we get plenty of them at Kwasizabantu.

Miss Angela Stott directing the bridge building project (Angela's father, Philip Stott, designed the KSB auditorium)
Some of the learners testing the strength of the bridge
(if you would like to read more about this fascinating yearly event (and the fact that the mission school won 1st and 2nd prizes in the area where they competed, click on this part of the school's website.

Cedar College team building excercise 2007 (see CCE at www.cedar.org.za)

one of the smaller projects at the mission is the weaving project. They do fantastic work. When you visit the mission again, ask to have a look

tradition Zulu cooking is done in cast iron pots over fire

This Zebra is one of many animals at KSB

Ferny Jaegle at water spot in KZN  M. Stegen greeted by Zulu ladies not far from Malelane

Many of the photos have been taken by Daniel Wunderlich and Johan Claasen, Wouter Mout, Javier Angolo, Robyn Spencer, Michael Muller, and others. mission