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PSL’S A GAME OF MILLIONS: THE last five years in the PSL top flight has been a money game where a lot of money has exchanged hands and club statuses sold.
SA records 3,600 new Covid-19 cases, 173 deaths in 24 hours: For the second straight day, none of SA’s provinces recorded more than 1,000 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours. The National Institute for Communicable Diseases said on Friday that there were 3,648 new …
COVID-19 in SA: Death toll nears 86,000: JOHANNESBURG – The NICD said 173 people have sadly died in the last 24 hours, bringing the country’s death toll to 85,952. More than 3,600 new cases have been recorded. READ: COVI …
South Africa’s Top Court Stands By Order To Jail Zuma: In this file photo taken on July 04, 2021 Former South African president Jacob Zuma addresses the media in his home in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal. Emmanuel Croset / AFP South Africa’s highest court on …
Researchers release first-of-its-kind quantitative assessment for sustainable agriculture: For the first time, scientists have assembled a quantitative assessment for agriculture sustainability for countries around the world based not only on environmental impacts, but economic and social …
Cosatu wants R350 social grant made permanent and increased to R624: Cosatu parliamentary coordinator Matthew Parks said the social relief should not just be made permanent but increased.
‘The Making of Mount Edgecombe’: A view of history from below: Through Sathasiva Pillay’s new book, Sugar Mill Barracks: The Making of Mount Edgecombe, we are guided through the ecosystem of one of the oldest sugar estates and barracks in KwaZulu-Natal …
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Quick Durban KwaZulu-Natal Fact: KwaZulu-Natal Economy – Durban is a rapidly growing urban area and is by most measures the busiest port in Africa, with a good rail network linking into Southern Africa. Sugar refining is the main industry. Sheep, cattle, dairy, citrus fruits, corn, sorghum, cotton, bananas, and pineapples are also raised. There is an embryonic KwaZulu-Natal wine industry. In addition to sugar refining, industries (located mainly in and around Durban) include textile, clothing, chemicals, rubber, fertilizer, paper, vehicle assembly and food-processing plants, tanneries, and oil refineries. There are large aluminium-smelting plants at Richards Bay, on the north coast. The province produces considerable amounts of coal (especially coke) and timber. About 82% of the population is black. During apartheid, a large percentage were forced to live in Bantu homelands (Bantustans), which had a subsistence economy, based on cattle raising and corn growing. Wildlife and tourism is increasingly important to the economy of KwaZulu-Natal. Tourists pay up to $ 10,000 for safaris on which they might see lions, elephants and giraffes.
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