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KZN Cricket rolls out first phase of Bowl Out Hunger: AS the Coronavirus pandemic continues to strengthen its grip on the most vulnerable people in society, the KwaZulu-Natal Cricket Union has teamed up with a number of its sponsors and finished the …
Here’s when and where you’re most likely to be hijacked in South Africa: According to Tracker SA’s crime data recorded between July 2019 and June 2020, hijackings are on the rise across the …
‘This is organised crime’: Police officer describes suspects in the IPHC church murders: This is organised crime.” So says the policeman probing the hostage situation that left five people dead at the International Pentecostal Holiness Church (IPHC) in Zuurbekom.
KwaZulu-Natal educator wins UCT 2020 Stella Clark Teachers’ Award: Natal teacher Hebert Muzi Gumbi has won the UCT award for showing outstanding commitment to his learners and their long-term success.
Community trust donates laptops to students: SIXTEEN students, funded by the Sokhulu Community Public Benefit Trust, have received much-needed laptops to assist them with their studies. The trust provided this donation to allow students in rural …
Labour gets over 3 000 COVID-19 claims: The Department of Employment and Labour has received over 3 000 COVID-19 related claims. The department has received a total of 3 424 COVID-19 claims, with 2 036 of these being handed directly to the …
Claims continue to pay out for those affected by Covid-19 – Dept of labour: The department appeals to companies to ensure all necessary precautions are taken to safeguard the lives of workers in the workplace.
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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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