Durban in the News:
Survey reveals 17.4 million South Africans walk to their destinations daily: Walking is the most common mode of transport among South Africans, according to the 2020 National Household Travel Survey.
Delivering sustainable and resilient urban economic development through UK-Durban Partnership: This year the UK’s Global Future Cities Programme celebrates its one-year anniversary. Through its work the programme has promoted sustainable …
South Africa marks 1-year anniversary of COVID-19 outbreak: Today, the 5th of March, marks the anniversary of the first Covid-19 case diagnosed in South Africa – in Hilton, Kwazulu-Natal.
Mkhize lauds the media’s year-long COVID-19 coverage: The patient was a 38-year-old man from KwaZulu-Natal who was part of a group which travelled to Italy – which was Europe’s epicentre at the start of the pandemic. The minister further praised …
Abuse of the helpless souls among us a real crying shame: A society that cannot protect its most vulnerable is not sustainable …
Set days to collect your Covid-19 R350 grant: One queue at the post office is reserved for beneficiaries of the R350 grant while the other queue is for all other transactions.” The post office has introduced a system to reduce waiting time for …
National Arts Council vows to distribute R300m stimulus fund by end of March: DURBAN – The National Arts Council (NAC) has on Thursday promised to distribute all R300 million of the presidential employment stimulus programme funds by the end of March. Artists have staged a …
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Quick Durban KwaZulu-Natal Fact: Durban plays host to Africa’s greatest horse race – the Durban July, held annually on the first Saturday in July at Greyville Racecourse. While the first official horse race took place there in 1844, the first Durban July – then called the Durban Turf Club Handicap – was run in 1897. It’s been run every year since then and now attracts over 50,000 visitors to Durban over ‘July Weekend’.
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