In the News Today: The Durban magistrate’s court on Wednesday postponed the tax fraud case against Durban businessman Thoshan Panday to October 4 to conduct an enquiry into his absence from court.
This was because the head of Westville Prison did not inform the court that Panday, 52, would not be attending court.
“Despite a medical certificate being produced by his legal representative and handed in to the record indicating Panday is admitted in a private hospital in Durban, the magistrate deemed it befitting for the head of prison and the admitting doctor where he is allegedly kept for medical attention be subpoenaed to account for his absence and for not informing the court and the state,” said the spokesperson for the Investigating Directorate Against… continue reading HERE.
Population:As of the latest census, the population of Pietermaritzburg is estimated to be around 400,000 residents.

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Fun South African Fact: Vilakazi Street in Soweto has been home to two Nobel Peace Prize winners. A tour through Soweto will always stop at Vilakazi Street to reveal a number of heritage sites of great importance to democratic South Africa. Both Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu lived here at some point in their lives. In 1984, Archbishop Desmond Tutu received the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition for his non-violent fight against the apartheid regime. Nine years later in 1993, Nelson Mandela shared the Nobel Peace Prize with then-president F.W. de Klerk as an award for their role in bringing about the peaceful end of apartheid. Nelson Mandela then went on to become South Africa’s first democratically elected president in 1994.
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Italy: You have two cows. The northern one produces all the milk. The southern one sleeps all day.