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COVID-19 portal. v. t. e. This is a list of notable people who are reported to have died from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in South Africa, as a result of infection by the virus SARS-CoV-2 during the COVID-19 pandemic .
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.
South Africa Howard Schoenfield: 62 Tennis player United States (South Beach) Houshang Seddigh: 72 Military officer Iran (Tehran) 9 July 2020: Sahara Khatun: 77 Politician Thailand Mohamed Kouradji: 68 Football referee Algeria (Constantine) 10 July 2020: Corra Dirksen: 82 Rugby player South Africa (Vereeniging) Ghaida Kambash: 46 Politician
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.
Recorded 4 October 1994. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela ( / mænˈdɛlə / man-DEH-lə; [1] Xhosa: [xolíɬaɬa mandɛ̂ːla]; born Rolihlahla Mandela; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid activist, politician, and statesman who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's ...
The 2021 South African unrest, also known as the July 2021 riots, [23] the Zuma unrest [24] or Zuma riots, [25] was a wave of civil unrest that occurred in South Africa 's KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces from 9 to 18 July 2021, sparked by the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma for contempt of court.
May 14, 2024 at 5:39 AM. A new inquest will be held into the mysterious death in 1967 of South Africa's anti-apartheid leader and first Nobel Peace Prize winner Chief Albert Luthuli, justice ...
Serial rapist who murdered victims in the Wemmer Pan area. [13] Mabhayi, Bulelani. The Monster of Tholeni. 2007–2012. 20. 20. Sentenced to life imprisonment. House intruder who murdered women and children in the village of Tholeni.