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South Africa’s second coronavirus wave is fueled by a new strain, teen ‘rage festivals’: For high school seniors in South Africa, whose final term is ending well before vaccine rollouts, that feeling has been particularly acute: no formal dances, no graduation ceremonies — no fun. But in …
These are Mother Nature’s greatest spectacles: As millions and millions of sardines bunch up around the Eastern Cape and the KwaZulu-Natal coast, thousands of seals, sharks and dolphins arrive too for the impeding feast. And if an attack under …
S Africans encouraged to embrace vaccine amid new COVID-19 variant: Health experts have encouraged South Africans to embrace the COVID-19 vaccine expected to be rolled out in the country in the second quarter of next year, as a new variant of the coronavirus has been …
Here’s what you need to know about the new coronavirus variant, now confirmed in SA: A new variant of the coronavirus has been detected in South Africa, health minister Zweli Mkhize announced on Friday. Called 501.V2, the new variant seems to spread faster than the original version.
SA surges past 900,000 confirmed Covid-19 cases, with 8,700 in 24 hours: Of the latest deaths, 101 were in the Western Cape, 92 in the Eastern Cape, 56 in KwaZulu-Natal, 15 in Gauteng, six in the Free State and four in Mpumalanga. This means there are now 24,285 confirmed …
Mogoeng not a devil’s advocate: The beach ban in KwaZulu-Natal on December 16 and the other Big Days announced at Thursday night’s family meeting was pretty fair. So was the total ban on going to the beach in the Eastern Cape …
New variant of Covid-19 spreading rapidly in SA – scientists and government closely monitoring and considering implications: Yesterday evening, with much of South Africa having shifted from lockdown to holiday shutdown, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize and members of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Covid-19 called an …
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Quick Durban KwaZulu-Natal Fact: KwaZulu-Natal Economy – Durban is a rapidly growing urban area and is by most measures the busiest port in Africa, with a good rail network linking into Southern Africa. Sugar refining is the main industry. Sheep, cattle, dairy, citrus fruits, corn, sorghum, cotton, bananas, and pineapples are also raised. There is an embryonic KwaZulu-Natal wine industry. In addition to sugar refining, industries (located mainly in and around Durban) include textile, clothing, chemicals, rubber, fertilizer, paper, vehicle assembly and food-processing plants, tanneries, and oil refineries. There are large aluminium-smelting plants at Richards Bay, on the north coast. The province produces considerable amounts of coal (especially coke) and timber. About 82% of the population is black. During apartheid, a large percentage were forced to live in Bantu homelands (Bantustans), which had a subsistence economy, based on cattle raising and corn growing. Wildlife and tourism is increasingly important to the economy of KwaZulu-Natal. Tourists pay up to $ 10,000 for safaris on which they might see lions, elephants and giraffes.
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