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Players’ union joins call for the PSL to postpone Sundowns match and give them time to mourn Madisha: The South African Football Players Union (Safpu) has added its voice to the mounting calls for the Premier Soccer League (PSL) to give Mamelodi Sundowns time to mourn their player Motjeka Madisha and …
Covid-19: DA calls for urgent Health portfolio committee meeting as second wave hits KZN: The Democratic Alliance (DA) has called for an urgent meeting of the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) health portfolio committee to be convened, in order for provincial Health MEC, Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu to …
You can bypass the new beach bans for about R150 – but you still can’t swim: A fishing licence gives you access to any beach any time outside curfew, but you’re not allowed to do anything except fish.
Read SA’s new lockdown rules – breaking them could mean a fine or jail time: Amended lockdown regulations published on Tuesday make provision for people and businesses breaking the rules to be fined or spend up to six months in jail.
Vodacom KwaZulu-Natal starts deploying 5G network: Natal Region announced that it is rolling out a 5G network in major municipal districts in KwaZulu-Natal province. The 5G network is currently available on 156 live sites in the province and supports …
Umgeni Water’s executive transition ’seamless’: Umgeni Water has described the recent change of executive leadership following the resignation of former chief executive Thami Hlongwa in October as having been ’seamless’.
‘Benni is the perfect man for the job’- Fans give AmaZulu’s new head coach thumbs-up: Scores of soccer fans have welcomed the appointment of veteran football player Benni McCarthy as head coach of AmaZulu, with many saying club owner Sandile Zulu was “on the money” by bagging him.
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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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