Durban in the News:
KZN fishermen drown after hippo tips their raft: Police search and rescue teams have located the bodies of three fishermen who drowned after a hippo attacked and capsized their raft at Jozini Dam in northern KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday.
Daily Covid-19 update: 2 894 new cases recorded in SA, 647 973 people vaccinated: As of Sunday 24 May 2021, the cumulative number of detected Covid-19 cases in South Africa stood at 1 635 465 with 2 894 new cases recorded in a day, Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize has confirmed. 30 …
Everybody’s gone surfin’: Everybody’s gone surfin’ – Tourismus – Pictures of bathers riding prone on wooden belly boards were taken well over a hundred… – Allgemeine Zeitung …
League logistics: GladAfrica Championship winner could be decided in court: The GladAfrica Championship came to an end this weekend. The drama is not over though, with the Premier Soccer League scrambling to find a resolution to a dispute over who the winner of the league is.
Exposed: DoH’s R150m Digital Vibes scandal – Zweli Mkhize associates charged millions for Covid-19 media briefings: Close associates of Health Minister Zweli Mkhize and other third parties pocketed roughly R90-million in suspicious payments emanating from a R150-million Covid-19 and National Health Insurance …
HRC slams Limpopo govt and Education Department: LIMPOPO – The Limpopo government and education department have been slammed for the handling of bullying and abuse in schools. The Human Rights Commission said damning findings have emerged after it …
GladAfrica Championship Wrap: Royal AM end top but trophy handover delayed: The final day of the 2020-21 GladAfrica Championship season wasn’t without drama. Royal AM scored a stoppage-time penalty to draw 1-1 with Cape Town All Stars at Chatsworth Stadium to earn the point …
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Quick Durban KwaZulu-Natal Fact: The “Cuban Hat” and its neighbour “The Nest” were two very popular drive in locales situated on the then Lower Marine Parade in Durban. They were especially popular in the late 50s / early 60s when own car transport became an essential must have amongst young adults. These were the days when young adult life changed considerably when freedom of movement, the changed music and habits of the time and there was a general improvement in living standards. Initially any form of car was better than none because as the saying was, it enabled you to get to “where the action was”. Action being where parties, socials, “sessions” and get togethers. The fact that you could pick up your mates or girl friends and go together as a group made life good. Parents of the time had to adjust to the times because they were brought up when stricter parental control was generally enforced. The days of dates being, sitting in the lounge with the parents were no longer and life was now centred on getting out and about and mixing with your own age group.
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