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200,000 Year Old Bed Discovered: Field photograph of Border Cave 200 000 year old fossilised grass fragments. Credit: Lyn Wadley/Wits University “We know that people worked as well as slept on the grass surface because the debris …
COVID-19 infections in SA rise to 579,140: The Health Department released the latest COVID-19 numbers. In the last 24 hours, 286 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing the countrywide death tol …
ANC in KwaZulu-Natal calls for swift action to arrest serial rapist: The ANC in KZN have urged local law enforcement agencies to swiftly arrest a suspected serial rapist in the Mtwalume area on the South Coast.
Why political killings have been on the rise in KwaZulu-Natal again: Around 90 municipal councillors, political party officials and senior municipal officials, have been murdered in KwaZulu-Natal since 2015.
Study: Humans have been sleeping on beds for 200,000 years: Archaeologists have uncovered 200,000-year-old evidence of grass bedding inside South Africa’s Border Cave, a famous archaeological site.
South Africa reports 260 new COVID-19 deaths: South Africa reported 260 new coronavirus-related deaths Thursday, taking the country’s total number of fatalities to 11,270, the health minister announced. Zweli Mkhize said 68 of the deaths were …
COVID-19 may have already peaked – SA Medical Research Council: The SAMRC also said the number of estimated excess deaths have begun to decrease, which is consistent with the trend in the number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths …
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Quick Durban KwaZulu-Natal Fact: Durban has a fascination with sharks; the local rugby team is even named for these magnificent creatures of the deep. The infamous Black December, which actually lasted from December 1957 to April 1958, marked five deadly shark attacks off Durban beaches in just 107 days. These weren’t the first deadly attacks – between 1943 and 1951, the city experienced 21 shark attacks, seven of which were deadly. The resulting hysteria amongst beach-goers after Black December prompted the authorities to take action, and a navy frigate was called in to bomb sharks with depth charges. In 1962, the Natal Sharks Board was created to explore the installation of shark nets at Durban’s swimming beaches, an exercise which had been attempted, with little success, as early as 1907. Nowadays, while most Durban beaches are protected by shark nets, sharks are a tourist attraction, with people coming from all over the world to have close encounters via shark cage diving.
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