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Retrenched South African Invents ‘Lockdown Lights’ with Strelitzia Seed Pods

21 September 2020 by Alan

Durban in the News:

Retrenched South African Invents ‘Lockdown Lights’ with Strelitzia Seed Pods: Who would have thought that something as simple a strelitzia seed pod would give a retrenched Salt Rock man the business opportunity of a lifetime. You could very well call Peter Shanley an innovative …

20 Durban residents up in arms after losing at least R16 000 each in housing scam: A group of more than 20 prospective tenants claim to have become victims of fraud after they were “scammed” R16000 each in the hope they would be allocated affordable rental flats in the Durban CBD.

Coronavirus in South Africa: Relief, pride and the ‘new normal’: South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa looked appropriately dour, and sounded appropriately cautious, as he appeared on national television this week to warn of the dangers of a second wave of …

2007 World T20 Rewind: On this day, Rohit Sharma, RP Singh guided India to easy win over South Africa: India went on to win the inaugural edition of ICC World T20 in 2007 after beating their arch-rivals Pakistan by five runs in the final match at Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on September 24.

Spar Group realises muted sales growth in hard lockdown aftermath: The Spar Group felt the impact of the hard lockdowns and restrictions imposed to contain the spread of Covid-19, with sales improving a mere 4.8% during the 48 weeks to August from 12.4% the prior …

Sadio the main Mane for Liverpool as Reds put down an early marker: Liverpool’s Sadio Mane celebrates scoring a second goal with Mohamed Salah during their match against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, London, the UK, September 20 2020. Picture: REUTE …

SA Records 2,029 New COVID-19 Cases: The Department of Health confirmed the cumulative number of detected COVID-19 cases is 659 656 with 2 029 new cases identified.


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Quick Durban KwaZulu-Natal Fact: The truth is unlike other parts of South Africa, Durban never really experiences winter and it’s often why it’s dubbed “South Africa’s playground”. It’s almost always sunny in Durban and the warm current keeps the land warm so the lowest our temperatures drops to is about approximately 18° Celsius (64° Fahrenheit). Local people, of course, believe even this drop is too much to bear and they stay at home covered in blankets.


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