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EFF KZN branch to protest against Sandile Ngcobo and Sibusiso Makhanya: The EFF KZN branch has announced that it is planning protest action against Sandile Ngcobo and Sibusiso Makhanya for their allegedly corrupt and fraudulent dealings. The Economic Freedom Fighters’ …
Oracle Media wins Bronze at the New Generation Social and Digital Awards 2020: Oracle Media has still managed to be finalists in three categories and walk away with one win at the New Generation Social and Digital Awards …
Electricity thieves are destroying South Africa’s power infrastructure – Photos: This then results in communities being left without electricity until the equipment can be replaced, which comes at a great cost to Eskom. It explained the average price of a transformer is around R80 …
Agriculture focuses on Rabies awareness: Roleplayers in the veterinary industry, including the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform, and Rural Development, took part in a social media awareness campaign this year, to celebrate National …
Fewer than 1 000 new Covid-19 cases reported: Another 81 people have died of Covid-19-related illness, the Department of Health said on Tuesday. Eight were from the Eastern Cape, 10 from the Northern Cape, 11 from KwaZulu-Natal, 28 from Gauteng, …
KZN family claims SAPS killed their son in tavern fracas: Phumlani Sithole was shot dead on Friday night outside a tavern in Nozambula, near KwaMbonambi, northern KwaZulu-Natal …
NC hardest hit in pandemic quarter labour numbers: The Northern Cape has recorded the smallest decline in the number of employed people in the country during the second quarter of 2020/21, but is in fact the hardest hit province when focusing on …
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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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