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Ecologists race against time to save the world’s most poached animal: The pangolin is the world’s most poached animal. A group of conservationists is now trying to save the scaly critters from extinction.
Grass on ash: Uncovering 200,000 year old beds from South Africa: There is a fair amount of archeological evidence that indicates complex behavior among our ancestors. For instance, there are bone tools that were used as hunting projectiles, for working leather or …
Stop the thugs or lives will be lost: Rising triathlete Mhlengi Gwala almost lost a leg in a nasty chainsaw attack in 2018 while cycling to training in KwaZulu-Natal.
Sappi celebrates Arbour Day and our heritage by conserving endangered Pepperbark trees: There is serendipity in the fact that Arbour Week and Heritage Day are both celebrated in the month of September, which also heralds the beginning of spring in South Africa…Sappi Forests team at …
Govt to restore Old Bulawayo: Old Bulawayo was built by King Lobengula in 1870 and was burnt down in 1881 in protest against invasion by white colonialists. One of the king’s indunas, Magwegwe Fuyane led the process of burning …
Gale-force winds cause devastation in KZN ahead of veld fire warnings: Natal Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) called on residents to be vigilant and “take great caution” after a warning for the possible risk of veld fires was issued by …
KZN farm killing: Cele confident police will ‘crack this one’: The Minister of Police Bheki Cele visited the farming community of Newcastle in KwaZulu-Natal, following the killing of Glen and Vida Rafferty …
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Quick Durban KwaZulu-Natal Fact: Geography – The Kwazulu Natalprovince has three different geographic areas. The lowland region along the Indian Ocean coast is extremely narrow in the south, widening in the northern part of the province. The central region is the Natal Midlands and is an undulating hilly plateau rising towards the west. Two mountainous areas are contained in this area, the Drakensberg Mountains in the west and the Lebombo Mountains in the north. The Drakensberg is a solid wall of basalt, rising over 3000m skyward near the Lesotho border, whilst the Lebombo Mountains are ancient granite mountains, forming low parallel ranges running southward from Swaziland. The Tugela River flows west to east, across the center of the province and is the region’s largest river. The coastal regions typically have subtropical thickets and deeper ravines and steep slopes host some true Afromontane Forest. The midlands have moist grasslands and isolated pockets of Afromontane Forest. The north has a primarily moist savanna habitat, whilst the Drakensberg region hosts mostly alpine grassland. The former Eastern Cape enclave, of the town of Umzimkulu and its hinterland, have been incorporated into KwaZulu-Natal, following the 12th amendment of the Constitution of South Africa. The amendment also made other changes to the southern border of the province.
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