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President Ramaphosa Pays Tribute to South African Anti-Apartheid Activist Paul David: President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed his heartfelt condolences following the passing of anti-apartheid activist Paul David who passed away on Thursday, 13 August 2020, at the age of 79. “The …
South Africa: Farming aids fight against poverty: Lindokuhle Ngubane took over the farm in 2015 and started farming with just few livestock and one employee. Five years later, the farm boasts 120 cows, eight bulls, 60 sheep, 100 weaners and seven …
Humans prepared beds 200,000 years ago: Researchers in South Africa’s Border Cave, a well known archaeological site perched on a cliff between eSwatini (Swaziland) and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, have found evidence that people have been …
South Africa’s Covid-19 recovery rate reaches 80%: Currently, South Africa’s overall caseload stood at 587,345. Of the total tally, 3,692 cases were reported in the past 24 hours, Mkhize said. “Regrettably we report a further 162 COVID-19 related …
uMthwalume community out in numbers for alleged killer’s court appearance: Natal south coast has turned out in their numbers at the uMzumbe Magistrate’s Court where the suspects arrested in connection with the murders of at least five women are expected to appear.
Is KwaZulu-Natal South Africa’s murder capital? Inanda township the ‘rape capital’?: Natal province was South Africa’s “murder capital” and the province’s Inanda township its “rape capital”. Both claims are misleading. Crime rates – not just numbers – matter.
The forgotten killers: Covid-19 destroying gains made in the fight against malaria, TB: Disruptions in prevention schemes and treatment for other diseases, like tuberculosis, malaria and HIV, might leave more scars than Covid-19.
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Quick Durban KwaZulu-Natal Fact: Cato Manor in Durban once attracted attention from around the world because it was where rioting broke out in 1959 in protest against the city’s beerhalls and the looming prospect of mass forced removals in which the residents would be uprooted from their homes in terms of the notorious Group Areas Act, and resettled in townships. The area was granted to George Christopher Cato in 1865, perhaps as a reward for his years of community service and for the fact that, in 1854, he had become Durban’s first Mayor. The land was sub-divided in the early 1900s and leased to Indian market gardeners, many of whom were either former indentured labourers, who had come to South Africa to work on the sugar plantations, or their descendents.
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