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  2. Murder of Uyinene Mrwetyana - Wikipedia

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    Uyinene " Nene " Mrwetyana [1] (20 April 2000 – 24 August 2019) [2] [3] was a South African student at the University of Cape Town. On August 24, 2019, she was raped and murdered in the suburb of Claremont, Cape Town. Her murder highlighted the broader national problem of gender based violence and femicide in South Africa, [4] [5] [6] and is ...

  3. India - Wikipedia

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    India, officially the Republic of India ( ISO: Bhārat Gaṇarājya ), [21] is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area; the most populous country as of June 2023; [22] [23] and from the time of its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy.

  4. Bheki Mtolo - Wikipedia

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    Bheki Mtolo. Bhekinkosi Michael Mtolo is a South African politician who has served as the Provincial Secretary of the African National Congress (ANC) in KwaZulu-Natal since July 2022. He was formerly the Mayor of Greater Kokstad Local Municipality from 2016 to 2022, after serving a term as Deputy Mayor from 2011 to 2016.

  5. Caster Semenya - Wikipedia

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    2018 Ostrava. 400 m. 2018 Ostrava. 4x400 m mixed. Mokgadi Caster Semenya OIB (born 7 January 1991) is a South African middle-distance runner and winner of two Olympic gold medals [4] and three World Championships in the women's 800 metres. She first won gold at the World Championships in 2009 and went on to win at the 2016 Olympics and the 2017 ...

  6. National Intervention Unit - Wikipedia

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    National Intervention Unit. The National Intervention Unit (NIU) is a tier-two police tactical unit, part of the special operations element of the South African Police Service (SAPS). The National Intervention Unit is one of the SAPS's elite units. It was established in 2000 to address high-risk operations and assist the Special Task Force as ...

  7. Jennifer Echegini - Wikipedia

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    2022–. Nigeria. 9. (1) *Club domestic league appearances and goals. ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 August 2023. [2] Jennifer Onyi Echegini (born 22 March 2001) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Juventus and Nigeria women's national team. [3] [4] [5] She was born in the Netherlands and raised in London, England.

  8. Soweto uprising - Wikipedia

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    Apartheid. The Soweto uprising (or Soweto riots) was a series of demonstrations and protests led by black school children in South Africa during apartheid that began on the morning of 16 June 1976. [1] Students from various schools began to protest in the streets of the Soweto township in response to the introduction of Afrikaans, considered by ...

  9. Thabo Bester - Wikipedia

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    Thabo Bester (born 13 June 1986) [4] is a South African convicted rapist and murderer who escaped from the Mangaung Correctional Centre in South Africa after faking his death in a fire in his prison cell in May 2022. [5] [6] He was on the run for almost a year before being caught in Arusha, Tanzania on 8 April 2023. [7]