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3 Bedroom House for Sale in Dawncrest: Kwazulu Natal Beautiful Home Come to view this amazing 3 bedroom immaculate, modern home. The kitchen is brand new, stylish beautiful built in cupboards, hob, oven, extractor. There is also another …
81 COVID-19 patients die, less than 1000 new infections reported: Mkhize said of the 81 deaths, eight were from the Eastern Cape, 10 from the Northern Cape, 11 from KwaZulu-Natal, 28 from Gauteng, five from Limpopo, eight from North West, six from Western Ca …
Modimolle doctor: ‘Fear, bravery, altruism, selfishness, hope and despair have all been on display’: Maverick Citizen this week shares the stories of 26 workers who have been at the frontline of the Covid-19 response. These men and women work in health facilities in the nine provinces, some as …
SA records 903 infections for second day in a row: South Africa has recorded 903 new infections for a second day in a row. There has been 81 new fatalities overnight, taking the death toll to 16 666.
903 new Covid-19 cases- Zweli Mkhize: Regrettably, we report 188 more COVID-19 related deaths: 3 from Eastern Cape 1 from KwaZulu-Natal, 2 from Gauteng, 4 from Western Cape and 178 from the Free State. This brings the total number of …
Community in shock following discovery of two women’s bodies in KwaMashu: Natal is reeling from shock following the discovery of the bodies of two women at P Section. The grim discovery comes just days after four-year-old Sanelisiwe Mhlongo’s remains were found in the same …
Teams from the North battle on day 2 of the u/18 Coca-Cola Craven Week: Cola Craven Week in Middelburg have all played one game now, and already the teams from the Northern part of the country have probably all fallen out of contention for a spot in Saturday’s unofficial …
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Quick Durban KwaZulu-Natal Fact: The “Cuban Hat” and its neighbour “The Nest” were two very popular drive in locales situated on the then Lower Marine Parade in Durban. They were especially popular in the late 50s / early 60s when own car transport became an essential must have amongst young adults. These were the days when young adult life changed considerably when freedom of movement, the changed music and habits of the time and there was a general improvement in living standards. Initially any form of car was better than none because as the saying was, it enabled you to get to “where the action was”. Action being where parties, socials, “sessions” and get togethers. The fact that you could pick up your mates or girl friends and go together as a group made life good. Parents of the time had to adjust to the times because they were brought up when stricter parental control was generally enforced. The days of dates being, sitting in the lounge with the parents were no longer and life was now centred on getting out and about and mixing with your own age group.
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