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Relatives of 44 construction workers trapped under a collapsed building in the South African city of George faced a fourth day of anguished waiting on Thursday as heavy machinery worked at the ...
May 17, 2024 at 7:54 AM. JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Officials in the South African city of George halted the search for survivors and more bodies on Friday at the site of a collapsed building where ...
May 7, 2024 at 12:36 AM. Shafiek Tassiem/Reuters. Rescue efforts were underway after three people were killed and dozens remained trapped after a multi-storey building under construction collapsed ...
Background Economy More than half of South Africa's population lives in poverty, with an unemployment rate of 32%. According to the World Bank, income inequality has increased since 1994 in South Africa, rendering it one of the most unequal countries in the world. Jacob Zuma's legal battle Main article: Jacob Zuma corruption charges Former South African president Jacob Zuma was charged with ...
Orkney, South Africa: 62 31 August 1987 A methane gas explosion at the St. Helena gold mine severed the cable of a double-deck elevator, causing it to fall 1.4 kilometers to the bottom of the mine shaft, killing all 52 people on board. 10 others who were not in the elevator were killed in the explosion. Welkom, South Africa: 31 27 March 1980
Battle of Salt River. 1 March 1510. Cape of Good Hope. 64 Portuguese seamen. The Mfecane / Difaqane. 1818–1828. Highveld and Natal south of the Tugela. 1,000,000–2,500,000 black Africans. The mfecane / difaqane was a period of mass migration and warfare caused by the political changes that occurred during the reign of King Shaka.
Tawanda Karombo. August 25, 2021 at 4:22 AM
The 1969 Tulbagh earthquake remains the most destructive earthquake in South African history. The earthquake occurred in the Tulbagh area and measured 6.3 on the Richter scale, stronger than that of the 1809 Cape Town earthquake which destroyed a local Milnerton farm. [3] [4] 14 April 1970. Tulbagh - Ceres - Wolseley area.