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Simelane-Zulu: Unvaccinated KZN healthcare workers a concern for Health Dept: DURBAN – Unvaccinated healthcare workers continue being a concern for the KwaZulu-Natal Health Department. Just last month, about 20,000 staffers were said to not be vaccinated. Health MEC Nomagugu …
Pedestrian killed after being run over by two vehicles on busy N2 highway in KwaZulu-Natal: IPSS Medical Rescue spokesperson Paul Herbst said on Tuesday afternoon that IPSS responded to reports of an accident on the N2 north bound.
COVID-19 in SA: KZN cases expected to rise: DURBAN – Over the past week over 40 people have lost their lives to COVID-19 in KwaZulu-Natal. Just under 2,500 new infections have been recorded in the past 24 hours. READ: Call …
KZN records highest infection rates, urges public not to let guard down: The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health says the high number of new COVID 19 infections is due to the large number of people flocking to the province at the end of the year.
South African court allows Jacob Zuma to appeal return-to-jail order: South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma can appeal a court ruling last week that he should not enjoy medical parole and should return to jail.
Ex-South African President Zuma granted leave to appeal imprisonment ruling: The former president, who will remain on medical parole, was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment by the Constitutional Court.
South African Covid Hospitalizations at 9,023 With 6.8% in ICU: South African hospitals have 9,023 Covid-19 patients, of which 6.8% are in intensive-care units, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases said. Of the 611 people in ICU, 244 are on ventilators …
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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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