The top five headlines from 2019
From incredibly unpredictable weather patterns causing devastation throughout the North Coast to the Springboks bringing home South Africa's third World Cup Rugby title from Japan.
2019 has been a jam-packed year of interesting events for readers.
From incredibly unpredictable weather patterns causing devastation throughout the North Coast to the Springboks bringing home South Africa’s third World Cup Rugby title from Japan.
According to our website analytics, here are the top five stories our readers were glued to this year.
1. “Warrapen Keegan” dies in house fire in Seatides (96, 910 page views).
Tragedy struck on the night of June 1 when Keegan Reddy, famous for his ‘Warrapen Keegan’ video that went viral in 2016, died tragically in a house fire at his home in Seatides. Emergency services found his lifeless body on the floor after the flames were doused at 10pm that fateful evening.
2. Ballito beauty queen killed in freak accident (43, 992 page views).
Former Miss Ballito Renalda Hoffman died in a car accident when her car veered off the road in Gazelle Road, Ballito, and landed on its roof. The 30-year-old beauty was a well-loved member of the community and is sorely missed.
3. Raging hail storm tears through Ballito (35, 983 page views).
Pictures of storm damaged homes, restaurants and shops went viral after a violent storm ripped through the North Coast during the Easter weekend in April, leaving residents in the dark with damaged electricity infrastructure.
4. Africa’s first snow park for R1,4 billion Umhlanga mall (31, 765 page views).
The new 36,000 square metre ‘Oceans Umhlanga’ property started construction in February at the hands of developer Vivian Reddy, an 18-month long project featuring 488 apartments and a Radisson BLU hotel.
5. Fatal accident closes N2 south-bound, traffic backed-up for kilometres (27, 562 page views).
A horrific accident on the N2 near Ballito on July 7 closed the south-bound freeway and claimed the life of one person after the driver of a vehicle lost control and crashed into a truck in the oncoming lane.
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