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Smooth run at the polls on big by-election day for South Africa: The Independent Electoral Commission says the 40 by-elections across the country had a ‘steady flow’ of people into voting stations. There were no reported incidents.
Scots student fighting for life after being gored by stampeding rhino in South Africa: A SCOTS student is fighting for his life after being gored by a stampeding rhino. The victim, 21, is said to have suffered internal injuries in the horror incident at a game farm in KwaZulu-Natal, …
Daily Covid-19 update: 3522 cases recorded as North West tops daily deaths: Provinces are back capturing data as far back as December 2020 as part of their Covid-19 mortality audits,’ Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said.
President Duduzane?: I believe I have a lot to offer [as president of the party] and I’m willing to stick my neck out for the ideals that are not being realised.” These unrealised “ideals” include the nationalisation of …
Help keep the spotlights burning: The show must go on for the embattled Hilton Arts Festival: The Hilton Arts Festival is calling on South Africans to help them survive the aftereffects of a pandemic that has been brutal to all, including those in the art world.
Zikalala in hot water over attendance of Zuma corruption trial: ANC KwaZulu-Natal chair Sihle Zikalala is caught between a rock and a hard place – with divided loyalties between President Cyril Ramaphosa and Jacob Zuma.
Stigma: A silent threat to the mental wellbeing of healthcare workers during Covid-19: We must disrupt the discourse around healthcare workers’ mental health that relies on an unspoken code of secrecy which says, ‘Leave us alone, we’ll cope with this individually, silently, in our own …
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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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