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COVID-19 death toll drops as infection numbers rise: COVID-19 has claimed the lives of 47 more patients in the last 24 hours, increasing the death toll from 13 981 to 14028, Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said on Sunday August 30. Mkhize also said …
KwaZulu-Natal ANC tells members facing criminal charges to step down: The move by PEC effectively neutralises last week’s decision to appoint Zandile Gumede to the KwaZulu-Natal legislature …
Beware of snakes on the move: With the seasons changing and temperatures rising again, we are going into snake mating season and snakes will start becoming more active …
Newcastle Mayor condemns ‘senseless killing’ of Glen and Vida Rafferty: Glen and Vida understood the culture and tradition of our municipality. Their untimely deaths are a huge loss for our community, and the farming fraternity in particular.” He added that the killing of …
Women’s Month: Dr Lungile Mhlongo misses seeing people smile: During the Covid-19 pandemic, medical professionals have been under continuous pressure and stress. To celebrate the tireless efforts, IOL will be shining a light on female medical professionals in …
UPDATE: 47 news deaths, toll surpasses 14,000 as recoveries reach 538,604: The cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases is 625,056. There were 21,902 new tests conducted and 2,505 new infections.
‘Too loud’: S Africa court bans call to prayer at Durban mosque: Chandra Ellaurie, a Hindu, complained the call to prayer gave the neighbourhood ‘a distinct Muslim atmosphere’.
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Quick Durban KwaZulu-Natal Fact: Provincial Government – The KwaZulu-Natal’s provincial government sits in the legislative buildings in Pietermaritzburg. The site where the legislative buildings are situated was occupied by St Mary’s Church, which was built in the 1860s. A new church was built at the corner of Burger Street and Commercial Road, and opened in 1884. The old building was demolished in 1887 to provide space for the legislative complex. The foundation stone of the new legislative building was laid on 21 June 1887, to commemorate Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee. The building was completed two years later. On 25 April 1889, the Governor of Natal, Sir Arthur Havelock, opened the first Legislative Council session in the new building. When governance was granted to Natal in 1893, the new Legislative Assembly took over the chamber that was used by the Legislative Council since 1889. Further extensions to the parliamentary building were made. The building was unoccupied until 1902, when it was used without being officially opened, due to the fact that the country was engulfed in the Anglo-Boer war. The war also affected the Legislative Assembly, which had to move the venue of its sittings when the chamber was used as a military hospital.
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