The chamber was established in April 1996 under the auspices of his exelenccy Ambassador of Greece Mr. Theofaophanolpothe Hon. Consul of the Hellenic Republic, Mr. Stavros Tsiepas. Founder members, Kougianos, Koumantarakis, Stylianou, Katenidis The first president of the chamber was Mr. Gerasimos Kougianos, George Koumantarakis was vice president, Savas Stylianou was Secretary and Costa Mamaliadis was treasurer. Stavros Tsiepas ex officio and Costa Katenidis and Anna Thomaides were members. At that stage a membership of thirty (30) members made up the chamber and to date, we have reached a membership of 100. The odessy of the chamber office is such offices of the Consulate of the Hellenic Republic The Hellenic Associations building in Umbilo hopefully, has found a permanent home at the Hellenic Community Centre in Umgeni Park.