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South Africa’s Zuma doesn’t say if he will comply with jail: Former South African president Jacob Zuma has denounced the 15-month prison sentence he has been given by the country’s highest court and has not said if he will voluntarily comply with the order to t …
How Zuma’s 15-month sentence will affect this weekend’s NEC meeting: This Constitutional Court ruling comes at an inconvenient time for the Ramaphosa faction. Magashule’s strength is waning, but Zuma still wields significant support …
Police minister’s political pirouette Zuma arrest looms: This apt description perfectly captures the position the police minister, Bheki Cele ,has found himself in this week as he faces the prospect of arresting former president Jacob Zuma . Zuma …
Amazon deforestation threatens harpy eagles: A new study has found that harpy eagles in the Amazon rainforest are threatened by continuous deforestation that has left them without food. Learn more.
Shooting latest: Durban man killed at gun firing range: Paramedics assessed the man at the shooting range where they found he had been shot in the head and declared him dead at the scene.
Facing the delta variant wave with few vaccine doses, African countries suffer — and bristle with anger: The variant-driven coronavirus outbreak that public health officials across Africa had warned about for months is underway.
Fourth highest daily new infections as SA records 21,584 Covid-19 cases in 24 hours: SA recorded 21,584 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the fourth highest single day increase in new infections since the outbreak of the coronavirus in March last year.
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Quick Durban KwaZulu-Natal Fact: The Story of Huberta – Huberta was a hippopotamus and one of the most famous animals in South African history. In November 1928, Huberta left her waterhole in the St. Lucia Estuary, in Zululand and set off on the 1600km journey to the Eastern Cape, a journey which would take her three years. In that time Huberta became a minor celebrity in South Africa and attracted crowds wherever she went. She was initially thought to be a male and was nicknamed Hubert by the press. She stopped for a while at the mouth of the Mhlanga River in Natal and a failed attempt was made to capture her and put her in Johannesburg Zoo. After this, she headed south to Durban, where she visited a beach and a country club. Moving on to the Umgeni River, she became revered by Zulus and Xhosas alike. Finally she arrived in East London in March 1931. Despite her having been declared Royal Game (and thus protected) by the Natal Provincial Council, she was shot by hunters a month later. After a public outcry, the hunters were arrested and fined £25. Huberta’s body was recovered and sent to a taxidermist in London. Upon her return to South Africa in 1932, she was greeted by 20,000 people and can now be seen in the Amathole Museum, in King William’s Town.
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