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KZN ANC to rally against inclusion of polyandry in Marriage Act: The party’s provincial secretary, Mdumiseni Ntuli, was at pains to explain that their opposition to polyandry was not in defence of polygamy.
E Cape granny frustrated as she struggles to annul ‘bogus’ marriage: The 68-year-old Nomachule Philda Qangule from kuNgolo Village in Libode, in the Eastern Cape, recently found out, to her shock, that she is married. Home Affairs officials informed her that she is …
R4 billion Coin-it get-rich-quick scheme ends in tears, suicides: Coin-it enticed people into becoming members paying towards buying a truck, bus or earthmoving equipment that would be leased out, …
Public officials affected by step aside resolution to keep jobs – KZN ANC: ANC KwaZulu-Natal provincial secretary, Mdumiseni Ntuli, said that affected members would not be removed from municipal councils and the provincial legislature but, for now, they would only be …
Celebrations as water is restored to a KZN community after eight months: Residents of a KwaZulu-Natal south coast community are rejoicing after water flowed from their taps for the first time in eight months on Monday.
WATCH | ‘Lindani never abandoned me’: Humble beginnings for a man of royal blood: Siyabonga Mtshali chuckles as he recounts his childhood years spent laughing with cousin Lindani Myeni among the mountains of Ubombo in northern KwaZulu-Natal.
Corruption accused Zandile Gumede agrees to step aside: The former eThekwini mayor is one of eight ANC KwaZulu-Natal members who have accepted the national executive committee’s ruling …
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Quick Durban KwaZulu-Natal Fact: The Story of Huberta – Huberta was a hippopotamus and one of the most famous animals in South African history. In November 1928, Huberta left her waterhole in the St. Lucia Estuary, in Zululand and set off on the 1600km journey to the Eastern Cape, a journey which would take her three years. In that time Huberta became a minor celebrity in South Africa and attracted crowds wherever she went. She was initially thought to be a male and was nicknamed Hubert by the press. She stopped for a while at the mouth of the Mhlanga River in Natal and a failed attempt was made to capture her and put her in Johannesburg Zoo. After this, she headed south to Durban, where she visited a beach and a country club. Moving on to the Umgeni River, she became revered by Zulus and Xhosas alike. Finally she arrived in East London in March 1931. Despite her having been declared Royal Game (and thus protected) by the Natal Provincial Council, she was shot by hunters a month later. After a public outcry, the hunters were arrested and fined £25. Huberta’s body was recovered and sent to a taxidermist in London. Upon her return to South Africa in 1932, she was greeted by 20,000 people and can now be seen in the Amathole Museum, in King William’s Town.
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