Durban in the News:
R350 social relief grant not enough to live on: Nearly half of the population in South Africa — one of the most unequal countries in the world — is considered chronically poor.
“The Jobs Problem”: What’s Really Behind South Africa’s Shocking Unemployment Numbers – And The Steps To Fix It: South Africa’s unemployment rate rose to a record high of 34.4%, with close to 12 million people falling within the broad …
FS active #Covid19 cases remain high: Currently, the Free State has the second-highest number of active Covid-19 cases, while KwaZulu-Natal has the highest number of active Covid-19 cases in the country. The Free State has …
Lack of milling capacity a looming threat for sugar farmers: The South African Farmers Development Association (Safda) is calling for urgent action to avert ’a looming crisis of biblical proportions’ from hitting small-scale farmers in the sugar industry.
This bakery sold muffins to school kids – now Pick n Pay wants their snowball cakes: This small business started off by selling muffins to school kids to supplying snowball cakes and other other confectioneries to Pick n Pay, Spar, and some forecourt stores.
South Africa unrest prompts fears of food and fuel shortages: Looting has hit supply chains and transport links in the Johannesburg region and the southeastern province of KwaZulu-Natal, sending a shockwave to goods and services around the country.
R3,600 legal bill dispute costs woman R70k after she insults lawyer: A dispute over a R3,600 legal bill has cost a Cape Town woman R70,000 after she was found to have besmirched a lawyer’s good name.
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Quick Durban KwaZulu-Natal Fact: The “Cuban Hat” and its neighbour “The Nest” were two very popular drive in locales situated on the then Lower Marine Parade in Durban. They were especially popular in the late 50s / early 60s when own car transport became an essential must have amongst young adults. These were the days when young adult life changed considerably when freedom of movement, the changed music and habits of the time and there was a general improvement in living standards. Initially any form of car was better than none because as the saying was, it enabled you to get to “where the action was”. Action being where parties, socials, “sessions” and get togethers. The fact that you could pick up your mates or girl friends and go together as a group made life good. Parents of the time had to adjust to the times because they were brought up when stricter parental control was generally enforced. The days of dates being, sitting in the lounge with the parents were no longer and life was now centred on getting out and about and mixing with your own age group.
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