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The Carbineers Garden of Peace was first named the Carbineer’s Garden after the Natal Carbineer’s. The Natal Carbineers is, “said to be the oldest volunteer regiment in the former British Empire and the senior regiment of the SA Army.” Today it is a Reserve Force in the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) and has been renamed Ingobamakhosi Carbineers to reflect the diversity of South Africa and its military history.
During the declining years of apartheid and in the 1990s, Pietermaritzburg became more reflective of the monuments and buildings. A process, which saw a statue of Mahatma Gandhi erected and Nelson Mandela receiving Freedom of the City in 1997. The Carbineer’s Garden also underwent this process, “the Carbineer’s Garden, located alongside the City Hall was enlarged and, at the request of the Carbineers, renamed ‘The Carbineer’s Garden of Peace’.” The renaming was meant to represent a symbolic change: “Thus a garden which previously recalled only conflict is now dedicated to the attainment of justice and peace.” Besides renaming, the Carbineer’s Garden has come to house various monuments and memorials such as Josiah Gumede, Alan Paton, Moses Mabhida as well as a, "memorial commemorating 150 years since the arrival of the first Indian indentured labourers in Natal.”References 
Haswell, R.F. ‘Transforming our townscapes: the Pietermaritzburg experience,’ Natalia, Vol. 45, 2015, pp. 60 – 68.
Engelbrecht, L. ‘Fact File: Natal Carbineers,’ at  https://www.defenceweb.co.za/resources/fact-files/fact-file/natal-carbi… accessed 18 Mar. 21