KwaZulu Natal
The Drakensberg Is Getting A 7km Cableway – Your Move, Table Mountain
31 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
The KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) provincial government is backing a R500 million plan to create a 7km cableway for the Drakensberg. The cableway is good way to increase tourism to KwaZulu-Natal.
KwaZulu-Natal Teacher Has Been On Paid Sick Leave For Eight Years
16 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
The Witness reported today that a KwaZulu-Natal teacher has been chillaxing on sick leave for eight years while the Department of Education has been faithfully paying her salary every month. Crazy.
Taxpayers To Pay For “Zumaville”
03 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Mail and Guardian reported today that the government is building South Africa’s first new town at a cost of R2-billion town in President Jacob Zuma’s home village of Nkandla, and taxpayers will be footing half the bill.
Marrying In The Midlands? Say “Mendola”
03 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
When was the last time you ventured to KwaZulu-Natal’s Midlands? Regardless of provincial loyalties or preferences, you can’t deny that it’s a stunning part of the world, and we are lucky to count it as part of the country. If you’ve never had the pleasure of wandering along the famous Midlands Meander, let me paint […]
Fish Hoek To Get A Trial Shark Net
01 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Environmental planning authorities in sleepy Fish Hoek on the False Bay coast are reconsidering the installation of an exclusion net across the bay adjacent to the town, to try stave off the regular loitering of Great White sharks near the popular beach front.
Forget Pretoria, The Worst Place To Race A Car In This Country
18 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Terrible things happen in Pretoria. Three people were killed when their drag race went horribly wrong on Voortrekker Road on 3 April. But that doesn’t mean that it’s anywhere near the best place to die in a car crash in this country.
HIV High
08 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In what has got to be an all-time low for human nature, people in the township of Umlazi in KwaZulu Natal have to live in fear of being robbed of their anti-retroviral drugs. According to a BBC report, gangs in the settlement are mugging people for their ARVs, which they then use to lace joints, apparently to increase their high.
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