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EWN Weather Watch: Scattered showers due in GP & KZN, clear skies for WC: The South African Weather Service has forecast cloudy and cool weather conditions on Saturday for Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal with scattered showers and thundershowers. The Western Cape is expected to …
Blast Rocks South African Oil Refinery, 7 Injured: DURBAN — An explosion rocked South Africa’s second-largest crude oil refinery in Durban on Friday injuring seven people, local emergency services said.
Interview: Sun-El Musician Is Going ‘To the World & Beyond’: El Musician left his home in the Midlands of KwaZulu Natal and dropped out of university to move to Joburg and pursue a dream that continues to unfold with To the World & Beyond, the much-anticipated …
Blast rocks South African oil refinery, seven injured: An explosion rocked South Africa’s second-largest crude oil refinery in Durban on Friday injuring seven people, local emergency services said.
Bill Gates hails Indian-origin couple for pioneering work in fight against HIV, Covid-19: The scientist couple has refused numerous awards both locally and internationally, including national honours in South Africa, for their pioneering work in preventing the spread of HIV among young …
Seven treated for smoke inhalation in South Africa refinery explosion: At least seven people have been treated for smoke inhalation after an explosion rocked the Engen refinery in South Africa’s Durban City on Friday morning, the local government confirmed. “At this …
Africa: Greenpeace Africa Statement On the Engen Wentworth Oil Refinery Explosion: The explosion at the Engen Oil Refinery in Wentworth, Durban is the third environmental disaster to occur in KwaZulu-Natal within the past three months, the former being Transnet’s crude oil spill …
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Quick Durban KwaZulu-Natal Fact: Durban has a fascination with sharks; the local rugby team is even named for these magnificent creatures of the deep. The infamous Black December, which actually lasted from December 1957 to April 1958, marked five deadly shark attacks off Durban beaches in just 107 days. These weren’t the first deadly attacks – between 1943 and 1951, the city experienced 21 shark attacks, seven of which were deadly. The resulting hysteria amongst beach-goers after Black December prompted the authorities to take action, and a navy frigate was called in to bomb sharks with depth charges. In 1962, the Natal Sharks Board was created to explore the installation of shark nets at Durban’s swimming beaches, an exercise which had been attempted, with little success, as early as 1907. Nowadays, while most Durban beaches are protected by shark nets, sharks are a tourist attraction, with people coming from all over the world to have close encounters via shark cage diving.
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