Weekly round-up: 17 April – 23 April
In case you missed something – here is your weekly round-up of what happened in the Southlands area this week:
1. A FAMILY has been left shaken after a homemade bomb-type device which had been placed on the rear windscreen of their vehicle detonated while they were driving through Isipingo this morning, 19 April.
Read about it here: Bomb-like device detonates, dents car in Isipingo
2. ABOUT 360,000 people visited eThekwini during the Easter holiday period, adding upwards of R1.5-billion to the city’s coffers, while more than 20,000 people were rapped over the knuckles and fined in the same period.
Read more here – ‘Ka-ching’ for Durban this Easter
3. FIVE baby snakes, born to a snake with a severed spine, were released into the wild after their mother was found on the Bluff.
Read here – Bluff green mambas rescued and released
4. Even if your home has been childproofed, it only takes one second for an accident to happen. Your vigilance is your child’s best protection.
Read this week’s 10 tips for making your home child friendly
5. If you’ve had really good service and want to shout it from the rooftops, nominate your choice of business in one of 45 categories. The bonus is you could stand to win a prize, just by voting.
Click here to vote and win! – Southlands Sun Absolute Best Awards 2017
Our favourite Instagram pic of the week:
This beautiful flower grows in New Zealand and is called Blood of Jesus on the Cross.
This flower grows only in the Holy week. You can see the Cross in the centre of the flower
https://www.instagram.com/p/BS8RD8wDall/?taken-by=sun_picks
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