Throwback Thursday – May 5, 2006
Sugar has also more than doubled in price since then. A 10kg bag cost R41.99 in 2006. The same size bag costs approximately R109.99 today.
Have you thought about how different life was ten years ago?
Prices of goods were cheaper and crimes weren’t as brutal.
As part of our new Throwback Thursday feature, we will be looking back at what made news in the Courier, ten years ago.
Front page news was a shocking story about over 900 school children who fell sick after eating food they received through a feeding scheme.
The food was delivered to over 100 Northern KwaZulu-Natal schools.
Umzinyathi District Municipality hasn’t changed much in 10 years. The municipality had a deficit of R13 million when they presented their draft budget. This led to an increase in water and sanitation tariffs.
There were also two positive cases of rabies recorded in Dundee.
Police seized 22 bags of dagga valued at R 9 600 when they stopped a vehicle on the Dundee/ Wasbank road.
In sport news, the Oriental Golf Day and Theo Gehren Memorial Bowls Tournament attracted huge fields of players.
Both tournaments are still held to this day.
Sugar has also more than doubled in price since then. A 10kg bag cost R41.99 in 2006. The same size bag costs approximately R109.99 today.
