This week we take a last look at the wool trade in Durban. The Ko-operatiewe Wolmaatskappy Beperk (KWB) (the Co-operative Wool Company Limited) was formed in 1927 as a national wool mart, existing ...

The driving force behind the creation of the KWB were members of two prominent sheep farming families in the Wakkerstroom area: the Kolbe and Labuschagne families. In 1912, Len Labuschagne married ...