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South Africa tourism on edge with double impact of virus, riots: But a week of violent rioting and looting risks deterring foreign visitors and hammering hopes of recovery, the industry says, compounding losses caused by the country’s mounting coronavirus toll.
Unethical? Unnecessary? The booster debate intensifies: Now, amid hints that vaccine-induced immunity is waning, policymakers and scientists are debating whether widespread booster shots could help—or whether getting shots into the arms of the unvaccinated …
R45k Donated to Mtubatuba based club: Bright Boys Football Club’s pre-season preparations were given a boost on Wednesday, 25 August when Betway South Africa delivered brand new playing kit and equipment to the value of R45 000.
Police investigate motive behind Manguzi triple murder: Gunmen entered the family’s home and shot dead a grandmother, her son, and grandson. The woman’s other grandson was rushed to hospital in a serious condition.
Woolworths reveals growth plans to take on rising star Checkers: Upmarket clothing and grocery retailer Woolworths on Thursday reported financial results for the 52 weeks ended 27 June 2021, showing a 9.1% increase in turnover to R78.8 billion.
Creecy: Final report into chemical spill at KZN warehouse to be done in Sept: Last month, the United Phosphorus Limited (UPL) warehouse in Durban which houses tons of herbicides, fungicides and pesticides blew up during the wave of violence that tore through the province.
MADUKA A RELIEVED MAN!: Maduka and most of the AM players, who were formerly part of Bloemfontein Celtic, haven’t had enough time to settle into their new surroundings in KwaZulu Natal. The move, which came after KZN …
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Quick Durban KwaZulu-Natal Fact: Cato Manor in Durban once attracted attention from around the world because it was where rioting broke out in 1959 in protest against the city’s beerhalls and the looming prospect of mass forced removals in which the residents would be uprooted from their homes in terms of the notorious Group Areas Act, and resettled in townships. The area was granted to George Christopher Cato in 1865, perhaps as a reward for his years of community service and for the fact that, in 1854, he had become Durban’s first Mayor. The land was sub-divided in the early 1900s and leased to Indian market gardeners, many of whom were either former indentured labourers, who had come to South Africa to work on the sugar plantations, or their descendents.
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