In case you missed it – Top stories of the week
From a 2000-year-old local boy rewriting human history, to the opening of the new Cornubia Mall. Here is a wrap up of our top stories
New mall on the block for North Coast
Home to more than 110 stores, thousands flooded to get in on the action at the new Cornubia Mall that opened its doors last week.
Speaking at the launch of the 65 000m² shopping centre at Cornubia near Mount Edgecombe, head of Investec Property South Africa, Darryl Mayers said the mall would be a link between the local communities and economic development.
Local boy rewrites human history
Studies of the DNA of a 2 000-year-old skeleton found in the Sibudu cave near Tongaat in the 1960’s, have led scientists to push back the date for the emergence of modern humans worldwide by as much as 100 000 years.
Ballito burn victim overcoming the odds
Overcoming adversity is easier said than done, but some people overcome so much that you would think they can do anything.
Connor Ahern is a teenager from Ballito who has, in his brother Declan’s words, “endured and overcome far more hardship in his 18 years than most people can handle in a lifetime”.
Beware of ATM criminals on the North Coast
Police are concerned about a surge of ATM-related crime on the North Coast, with at least a dozen incidents reported every week.
Umhlali SAPS spokesperson Vinny Pillay said crimes like card theft and card cloning have drastically increased in the last six months on the Dolphin Coast alone.
Huge spike in domestic abuse reports
Rape and domestic abuse on the Dolphin Coast have drastically increased with September seeing the highest number of reported cases at Umhlali SAPS this year.
According to Umhlali SAPS spokesperson Vinny Pillay, there were a number rape and assault cases being reported at the station almost every week.
Wedding dreams come true at Rain Farm
Budding brides-to-be and rather nervous looking soon-to-be grooms fiercely clutching their wallets meandered around the stunning Rain Farm Game Lodge Bridal Fair in partnership with The North Coast Courier last Sunday.
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