Durban in the News:
Durban Wins Bid to Host 2023 World Table Tennis Championships: On behalf of the people of KwaZulu-Natal, I wish to personally salute all role players who have been involved in this important national project.” She said: “With Durban being selected as the next …
7 Lawyers Continuing RBG’s Fight for Women’s Rights Around the World: Across the world, female justices are achieving victories for women’s rights, much like the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg did in the US.
South African Police Service: Media Statement South African Police Service Office of the Provincial Commissioner KwaZulu-Natal DURBAN – On 26 September 2020 at 23:00, 39-year-old Simphiwe Ngcobo was allegedly shot and killed while …
South Africa: Durban Wins Bid to Host World Table Tennis Championships in 2023: The first-ever World Table Tennis Championships is coming to Durban in 2023 and to the African continent for the first time since 1939.
South Africa: SA Records 188 More Covid-19 Deaths: A total of 188 Covid-19 related deaths were reported on Monday, bringing the toll to 16 586 since the outbreak.
Returned library books to be ‘quarantined’ in Durban: Returned books will be “quarantined” before they find their place back on shelves in Durban libraries. One of the new rules for libraries is that all returned books must be placed in a quarantine room …
Unemployment rate: Which provinces have been hit hardest by lockdown?: The expanded unemployment rate has shown just how deep the economic faultlines run underneath SA, after lockdown pumelled the job market.
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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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