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  2. eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality - Wikipedia

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    The eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality ( Zulu: UMasipala weDolobhakazi laseThekwini) is a metropolitan municipality, created in 2000, that includes the city of Durban and surrounding towns. eThekwini is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. As of 2011, the majority of its 3,442,361 inhabitants spoke isiZulu .

  3. List of nature reserves in eThekwini - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of nature reserves in eThekwini, South Africa (better known as Durban ). They are managed by several organizations, including the eThekwini Municipality, Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, Msinsi Holdings, the National Ports Authority, and the Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (WESSA).

  4. Water supply and sanitation in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    Water supply and sanitation in South Africa is characterised by both achievements and challenges. After the end of Apartheid South Africa 's newly elected government struggled with the then growing service and backlogs with respect to access to water supply and sanitation developed. The government thus made a strong commitment to high service ...

  5. eThekwini elections - Wikipedia

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    eThekwini elections. The eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality council consists of 222 members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. 111 councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in 111 wards, while the remaining 111 are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the ...

  6. Durban - Wikipedia

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    Durban ( / ˈdɜːrbən / DUR-bən; Zulu: eThekwini, from itheku meaning "bay, lagoon") [a] is the third-most populous city in South Africa, after Johannesburg and Cape Town, and the largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. Situated on the east coast of South Africa, on the Natal Bay of the Indian Ocean, Durban is South Africa's busiest ...

  7. City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality - Wikipedia

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    Ekurhuleni means "place of peace" in XiTsonga. Ekurhuleni is one of the five districts of Gauteng and one of the eight metropolitan municipalities of South Africa. The seat of Ekurhuleni is Germiston and the most spoken language is Zulu at 28.6%. The city is home to South Africa's busiest airport, OR Tambo International Airport, which is in the ...

  8. uShaka Marine World - Wikipedia

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    Total volume of tanks. 4.6 million US gallons (17,000 m 3) Annual visitors. 790,433 (2010) [2] Website. ushakamarineworld .co .za. uShaka Marine World is a 16-hectare (40-acre) theme park that opened on 30 April 2004 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It has a total capacity of 4.6 million gallons containing 10,000 animal species.

  9. Verulam, KwaZulu-Natal - Wikipedia

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    Verulam, KwaZulu-Natal. /  29.650°S 31.050°E  / -29.650; 31.050. Verulam ( / vɛrləm /) is a town 24 kilometres north of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and forms part of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, governing the Greater Durban metropolitan area.

  10. Street Vendors Act, 2014 - Wikipedia

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    Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014 is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted to regulate street vendors in public areas and protect their rights. It was introduced in the Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Parliament of India) on 6 September 2012 by then Union Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty ...

  11. Decentralized wastewater system - Wikipedia

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    Decentralized wastewater systems treat, reuse or dispose the effluent in relatively close vicinity to its source of generation. They have the purpose to protect public health and the natural environment by reducing substantially health and environmental hazards. They are also referred as "decentralized wastewater treatment systems" because the ...