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No work, no pay as Buffalo ramps up to 50% in South Africa: It said it had successfully implemented measures allowing it to achieve the utilisation of 50% of its employees at its mining operations this week. These included transport arrang …
KwaZulu-Natal premier Sihle Zikalala pays glowing tribute to ‘Sugar Ray’ Xulu: Natal premier Sihle Zikalala has paid glowing homage to the late and legendary Thulani Cedric “Sugar Ray” Xulu who passed away on Monday.
Calls for bolder action as lockdown exposes fault lines of inequality: Stark contrasts emerging from the first days of Level 4 lockdown highlight the extreme disparities that form the foundations of South African society.
Kwazulu–Natal hit by exorbitant price increases for basic food items: The average price for a basic monthly food basket has increased by 7.8% (R250) in KwaZulu-Natal since March. Women in vulnerable communities expect May to be a particularly difficult month financially …
COVID-19 cases rise to 7,808 as death toll reaches 153: Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced on Wednesday that the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases was 7,808. The total number of deaths had increased by five to 153 and the recoveries have now …
COVID-19: Confirmed cases in SA rise to 7 808, death toll now at 153: Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced that confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa increased by 236 on Wednesday 6 May 2020.
Professor Karim invites Madagascar to make herbal tonic available for scientists to investigate: Chairperson of the Government Advisory Committee, Professor Salim Abdool Karim says there is too little information to determine whether Madagascar has indeed discovered a cure for COVID-19.
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Quick Durban KwaZulu-Natal Fact: Geography – The Kwazulu Natalprovince has three different geographic areas. The lowland region along the Indian Ocean coast is extremely narrow in the south, widening in the northern part of the province. The central region is the Natal Midlands and is an undulating hilly plateau rising towards the west. Two mountainous areas are contained in this area, the Drakensberg Mountains in the west and the Lebombo Mountains in the north. The Drakensberg is a solid wall of basalt, rising over 3000m skyward near the Lesotho border, whilst the Lebombo Mountains are ancient granite mountains, forming low parallel ranges running southward from Swaziland. The Tugela River flows west to east, across the center of the province and is the region’s largest river. The coastal regions typically have subtropical thickets and deeper ravines and steep slopes host some true Afromontane Forest. The midlands have moist grasslands and isolated pockets of Afromontane Forest. The north has a primarily moist savanna habitat, whilst the Drakensberg region hosts mostly alpine grassland. The former Eastern Cape enclave, of the town of Umzimkulu and its hinterland, have been incorporated into KwaZulu-Natal, following the 12th amendment of the Constitution of South Africa. The amendment also made other changes to the southern border of the province.
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