Christiaan Kleynhans

19/07/2024

Through the fire at the ghosthouse at Casaurina Beach which is next to Beach Bums.

19/07/2024

The collapse of the Tongaat (Otongathi) mall in 2013. Two people passed on in the collapse and multiple ones were injured or severely injured. Now more than 10 years past.

15/05/2024

The channel trailer for Christiaan Kleynhans’s Chris On The Rocks COTR channel.

The Trailer of the channel run by Christiaan Kleynhans also known as Chris On The Rocks or COTR.

21/04/2024

A storm on the sea can be quite intense. At Steve's Rock the effects can be seen in full glory. Imagine somebody is sitting on those rocks during such a storm. I have decided to explore this experimentally. This is how I have done it.

A storm on the sea can be quite intense. At Steve's Rock the effects can be seen in full glory. Imagine somebody is sitting on those rocks during such a stor...

16/04/2024

It is going swimmingly, thank you!

07/04/2024

If you want to undrstand more about Solar Eclipses and especially the coming one on Monday, then watch this video by Sabine. .
She is always on her best and well informed. This was very educational for me. At the maximum lines the Sokar Eclipse will bring complete darkness because the apparent size of the moon in the sky will be bigger than that of the sun. That will allow scientists to study specific feateres. Let her speak. You can also watch my video lower in the feed on the Solar Eclipse from 2002 that was visible from South Africa.

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07/04/2024

There was one problem on the day of the South African Total Solar Eclipse in 2002 and that is that it was cloudy. The visibility of the sun was therefore limited. But the effects of the Eclipse would of course be visible. The maxima of the Eclipse would scour past the northern parts of the country just below the border with Zimbabwe. Quite a crowd gathered at this spot near Tshipise and the ground was prepared.
Time for the Eclipse at Musina/Tshipise was put at 08:20 SAST (UTC+2). Watch the progression towards that time and how the people responded and also how the cars on the road suddenly had to turn on their headlights.

Just before the 4th of December 2002, a group consisting of colleagues and myself plus some other related people, converged on a South African place named Ts...

29/02/2024

This is how I bury my head in the sand to escape. Grab my camera and go for a walk and take a photo or two. Even tthough I have taken the same scene many times before. But today is a nice clear day and was good for pictures. And my CCD has some dust on it and I am too lazy to edit it out. Life is dust.

01/11/2023

https://youtu.be/ChvyUkCMdC0
On the 19th of August 2013, the coal-tanker the MV SMART with a full load, attempted to leave the harbour in Richards Bay, KZN, South Africa, and met with an immense swell of about 7m. There seems to be various explanations on what happened but in essence the ship sway to the left of the harbour channel and met with a subdued sandbank with its bow first. Due to the leverage on its body, loaded with 147 000 tons of coal, it started to fail later that day just in front of the stern section and a few days later it also failed more towards the bow so that it was effectively in three pieces. This is a summary photo journey through the salvaging process taken at regular intervals during times of higher activity. We do have video footage of all days shown here and if it is viable to do so, the more complete story can be told. It will depend on the reaction we get on here.

CHAPTERS00:00:17 21 August 2013 HOW THE MV SMART STRANDED ON A SANDBANK AND SNAPPED IN TWO00:00:38 26 August 2013 MV SMART FUEL OIL AND DIESEL REMOVAL COMM...

24/10/2023

Angie.

23/10/2023

https://youtu.be/ChvyUkCMdC0
On the 19th of August 2013, the coal-tanker the MV SMART with a full load, attempted to leave the harbour in Richards Bay, KZN, South Africa, and met with an immense swell of about 7m. There seems to be various explanations on what happened but in essence the ship sway to the left of the harbour channel and met with a subdued sandbank with its bow first. Due to the leverage on its body, loaded with 147 000 tons of coal, it started to fail later that day just in front of the stern section and a few days later it also failed more towards the bow so that it was effectively in three pieces. This is a summary photo journey through the salvaging process taken at regular intervals during times of higher activity. We do have video footage of all days shown here and if it is viable to do so, the more complete story can be told. It will depend on the reaction we get on here.

Christiaan Kleynhans is a Video Blogger (Vlogger) that sees the world through the lens of a video ca

19/09/2023

https://youtu.be/wElpiTkv0h8
According to meteorologists and weather scientists, the weather that caused the massive swells along the Western and Eastern Cape Coast was cause by a cold front that swept over the country with its epicentre in a low pressure system way South of the country on Saturday the 16th of September 2023. Coming past this cold front was what is called a Long Fetch. According to Vox Weather Forecast [1], a Long Fetch occurs when constant straight winds blows constantly over a far distance, in this case it was over 6000km’s, and this effectively pushed the ocean in a certain direction causing it to gather a huge volume of water in the land direction. This caused the large swells and raised the ocean level at that point. This was aided by the simultaneous Spring tide. If you go to my channel on the 2007 storms that hit the town of Ballito as well as its suburb Sheffield Beach, you will notice what enormous damage was caused by a similar system at the time.

Some of this enormous energy carried over to the East Coast of South Africa with the persistent wind and we took this video on the 18th of September 2023 to show how this energy still persists to a great extent. I have more videos on storms that came over Steve’s Rock, it happens so every often.

Christiaan Kleynhans is a Video Blogger (Vlogger) that sees the world through the lens of a video ca

16/05/2023

I have reached 500 followers! Thank you for your continued support. I could not have done it without each of you. 🙏🤗🎉

01/03/2023

Giba Gorge is a very beautiful nature reserve close to Marionhill and Hillcrest in Durban. It is embraced within the hillside through which the river flows and it is encircled by natural forest as well that gives you that jungle feeling. It is also a Mountainbike spot and I have cycled there several times in the past. If you want to de-stress, a walk to the forest waterfall is highly advised. Watch this video if you want to live that experience. You can use it to meditate as it pulls you into that sweet spot.

Geographical Positions (Copy and Paste the coordinates into Google Earth Search to see the location):GIBA GORGE FOREST WATERFALL, KWAZULU-NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA...

24/02/2023

Yip, there were a few days long ago when I had over 40K views on that day.

10/02/2023

" Kleynhans Kleynhans Thank you all with camera's doing the job of filming these fascinating doc's.
I am simply addicted.
No need for cable tv anymore.
I can watch these types of videos forever.
Your channel has a great variety of things that I love.👍
Thank you.
Hello from Atlanta Ga USA 👋"

It is these type of rare comments that motivate me. A person was so impressed that they made a special effort to write a nice comment on a video that I made and then watched some more. I suppose my only benefit is this love but it restores my trust in at least a pert of humanity.

01/01/2023

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A photo and video journey down the Golden Mile of Durban on the 2016 New Year’s day that portray the feeling and beauty and activities of the day with an acc...

02/08/2022

Today eleven years ago, on the 2nd of August 2011, a third attempt to re-float the stranded MT Phoenix tanker ship that ran aground on a bed of rocks at the beach in of Sheffield Beach, Ballito and in the province of Kwazulu-Natal in South Africa, was going to be made. The salvage tugboat, the SMIT Amandla were also of assistance to stabilize the stranded ship. This is the fifth YouTube video documentary story that runs over six episodes of what happened from beginning to the eventual resolve.

On the2nd of August, a third attempt to re-float the stranded MT Phoenix tanker ship that ran aground on a bed of rocks at the beach in of Sheffield Beach, B...

21/05/2022

01/04/2022

So, at 05h30 (AM) on the morning of the 3rd of September we arrived to find a gathering of people that were present on the street viewpoint on the hill above the MT PHOENIX TANKER SHIP. Plenty more were also assembled on the beach next to it. Some even brought their own chairs. It was still fairly dark, but the light was increasing. We went down to the beach, and I set up my tripod. I took my first photo at 05:45AM.

So, at 05h30 (AM) on the morning of the 3rd of September we arrived to find a gathering of people that were present on the street viewpoint on the hill above...

29/03/2022

On the2nd of August, a third attempt to re-float the stranded MT Phoenix tanker ship that ran aground on a bed of rocks at the beach in of Sheffield Beach, Ballito and in the province of Kwazulu-Natal in South Africa, was going to be made. The salvage tugboat, the SMIT Amandla were also of assistance to stabilize the stranded ship. This is the fifth YouTube video documentary story that runs over six episodes of what happened from beginning to the eventual resolve.

On the2nd of August, a third attempt to re-float the stranded MT Phoenix tanker ship that ran aground on a bed of rocks at the beach in of Sheffield Beach, B...

18/03/2022

The first re-floating attempt of the MT Phoenix didn't end as anticipated. So the next day, another attempt took place. It had drama, intrigue and the power of man vs nature was displayed. And against the late sun, it was also beautiful. You can watch it here.

On the 1st of August 2011, a second attempt was going to be made, immediately a day after the failed attempt of the previous day, to re-float the MT Phoenix ...

11/03/2022

On the 31st of July 2011, a re-floating attempt was going to be made on the stranded MT Phoenix tanker ship that ran aground on a bed of rocks at the beach in of Sheffield Beach, Ballito and in the province of Kwazulu-Natal in South Africa. The company SMIT Amandla provided the salvaging tugboat that was going to be involved. We were in spring-tide and with a favourable, preferably choppy sea, they may just be able to pull it off. Most of the bigger salvaging work has been done and pollutants such as oil and fuel were removed from the ship. You can see more about how that happened if you watch the previous video called “MT PHOENIX TANKER SALVAGE WORK, POLLUTION CONTROL, PREPARE FOR RE-FLOATING – PART 2 – 28 July 2011”

https://youtu.be/FA-Me-YLlyI

On the 31st of July 2011, a re-floating attempt was going to be made on the stranded MT Phoenix tanker ship that ran aground on a bed of rocks at the beach i...

03/03/2022

https://youtu.be/bOa5XzpqFiM

On the 28th of July 2011, salvage work commenced on the stranded MT Phoenix tanker ship that ran aground on a bed of rocks at the beach in of Sheffield Beach...

26/02/2022

I MADE THIS.

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In a storm on the 26th of July 2011, The MT Phoenix tanker ship ran aground on a bed of rocks at the beach in the quiet upmarket suburb of Sheffield Beach wh...

02/11/2021

The ghosthouse at Causaurina Beach. No more, said the raven.

11/08/2021

I took some time this morning to build a little monument for the MT PHOENIX at the spot where it stranded ten years ago. Was fun and one of those "in the moment" moments. Cut and paste this into search into Google Earth Pro if you want to fly there. (-29.483018° 31.259905°)

28/07/2021

Ten years ago, on the 26th of July 2011, my ship literally and figuratively came in. Although it was not my property, it carried the story that I was going to sell to the world. Over the last ten years it was viewed more than 13 million times. I learned a lesson about opportunities and when to grab them. While a lot of people just wanted it to disappear from their suburb, it became so much more than this and I was sad when it left. And I made bucks from this. I really can't complain at all. I also launched my YouTube channel with this as my debut. Yes, I was still learning and it has its flaws but it worked.

https://youtu.be/vXgchYPsubQ

The tanker, the MT Phoenix got in trouble in the vehement storm that was belting on the Kwazulu-Natal north coast on the 26th of July 2011. It eventually str...

14/07/2021

AntiZumaMarches - Walk The Talk - 2017_04_07

https://youtu.be/OFsPEUTZhM4

The is taking place on the 12th of April 2017 and is a direct follow up to the successful mass action campaign of the march...