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Missing person case opened for husband of murdered KZN pastor: KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson, Colonel Thembeka Mbele said that a missing persons docket had been opened at the Brighton Beach police station for Liezel’s husband, Werner de Jager.
Law enforcement ready for Local Government Elections: Law enforcement agencies are operationally ready to ensure a safe and secure environment for all to participate in free and fair local government elections, says the Justice, Crime Prevention and …
CAPRISA and Evotec Launch New Project to Fast-Track New Technology for HIV Prevention: Today, at a side meeting during the AU-EU Ministerial Summit in Kigali, Rwanda, Prof Salim Abdool Karim, Director of CAPRISA, announced a collaboratio …
Call for urgent oversight inspections of marking centres – DA KZN: DA calls for urgent oversight inspections of marking centres as KZN’s matrics begin exams.. The Democratic Alliance (DA) has called on KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Educat …
Ahead of 1 Nov polls, police to bolster presence in violence hotspots: Natal, the Western Cape and the Eastern Cape have all been identified as hotspots for the upcoming local government elections, and both the Defence and Police Ministers have assured that measures have …
Who Is Sandile Shezi? Biography of The Young Forex Millionaire: Sandile Shezi earned his millionaire status when he was 23 years old. You might get to learn a thing or two from his bio about growing money.
WATCH: eThekwini spends R70m to guard councillors in 3 months amid political killings: Natal ahead of the local government elections, the province’s only metro, eThekwini, has revealed that it has spent R70 million to guard councillors whose lives are under threat. The eThekwini metro …
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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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