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Ace allies rally behind him for #AsbestosGate: Multitudes of ANC members who hail from all provinces and are staunch allies of ANC Secretary General Ace Magashule, will be amongst those in court to support him in Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court on …
Newswatch @ 6am: KwaZulu-Natal’s official unemployment rate has climbed to 26,4% in the third quarter of 2020. Stats SA says our national joblessness figure increased by 7,5 percentage points to 30,8%.
Ntencane big blessings!: Maskandi artist Ntencane with fan Minenhle Majola after visiting her family.Photo from Facebook. SENZO “Ntencane” Zondi has been hailed as a hero after donating food to a struggling family. Minenhle …
Jewellery stores targeted by armed robbers: This year has shown early signs of this trend after two videos recently surfaced of jewellery stores being robbed at well-known shopping malls in Durban,” he said. The robberies took place during the …
Daily news update: SA’s unemployment rate, Covid-19 stats, Zondo vs Zuma and SABC retrenchments: 65 more deaths have been reported today: 37 from Eastern Cape, 18 from Free State, 1 from Gauteng, 1 from KwaZulu-Natal and 8 from Western Cape. This brings the total number of deaths to 20,076.
Diwali and indentured Indian labour in South Africa: Light and hope transcend darkness: The colonial rulers viewed Indian indentured labourers as heathens. Apartheid not only suppressed political freedoms but stifled religious choices in favour of a narrow, Christian-Calvinist agenda …
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Quick Durban KwaZulu-Natal Fact: The Story of Huberta – Huberta was a hippopotamus and one of the most famous animals in South African history. In November 1928, Huberta left her waterhole in the St. Lucia Estuary, in Zululand and set off on the 1600km journey to the Eastern Cape, a journey which would take her three years. In that time Huberta became a minor celebrity in South Africa and attracted crowds wherever she went. She was initially thought to be a male and was nicknamed Hubert by the press. She stopped for a while at the mouth of the Mhlanga River in Natal and a failed attempt was made to capture her and put her in Johannesburg Zoo. After this, she headed south to Durban, where she visited a beach and a country club. Moving on to the Umgeni River, she became revered by Zulus and Xhosas alike. Finally she arrived in East London in March 1931. Despite her having been declared Royal Game (and thus protected) by the Natal Provincial Council, she was shot by hunters a month later. After a public outcry, the hunters were arrested and fined £25. Huberta’s body was recovered and sent to a taxidermist in London. Upon her return to South Africa in 1932, she was greeted by 20,000 people and can now be seen in the Amathole Museum, in King William’s Town.
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