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  2. The Star (South Africa) - Wikipedia

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    The Star is a daily newspaper based in Gauteng, South Africa. The paper is distributed mainly in Gauteng and other provinces such as Mpumalanga , Limpopo , North West , and Free State . The Star is one of the titles of the South African Independent News & Media group (INL), owned by Sekunjalo Media Consortium whose founder and chairman is Dr ...

  3. Public holidays in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    Since 1994 election days have been declared ad hoc public holidays: National and provincial government elections – 2 June 1999 [9] National and provincial government elections – 14 April 2004 [10] Local government elections – 1 March 2006 [11] National and provincial government elections – 22 April 2009 [12] Local government elections ...

  4. Youth Day - Wikipedia

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    Youth Day on 16 June is a public holiday in South Africa and commemorates a protest which resulted in a wave of protests across the country known as the Soweto uprising of 1976. It came in response to multiple issues with the Bantu Education Act and the government edict in 1974 that Afrikaans will be used as medium of instruction for certain ...

  5. Day of Reconciliation - Wikipedia

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    Day of the Vow. The Day of Reconciliation is a public holiday in South Africa held annually on 16 December. The holiday came into effect in 1995 after the end of apartheid, with the intention of fostering reconciliation and national unity for the country. [1] Recognising the need for racial harmony, the government chose the date for its ...

  6. Gert van Rooyen - Wikipedia

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    South Africa. Killed. 6. Cornelius Gerhardus van Rooyen (11 April 1938 – 15 January 1990), better known as Gert van Rooyen, was a South African paedophile and serial killer who abducted, sexually assaulted and murdered at least six young girls between 1988 and 1989. [1] He was aided in his crimes by a female accomplice, his mistress Joey ...

  7. Zulu calendar - Wikipedia

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    Zulu calendar. The Zulu calendar is the traditional lunisolar calendar used by the Zulu people of South Africa. [1] Its new year begins at the new moon of uMandulo (September) in the Gregorian calendar . The Zulu calendar is divided into two seasons, the summer iHlobo and Winter ubuSika. [2] The lunar seasonal calendar has 13 months [3] that do ...

  8. List of newspapers in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of newspapers in South Africa. In 2017, there were 22 daily and 25 weekly major urban newspapers in South Africa, mostly published in English or Afrikaans. [1] According to a survey of the South African Audience Research Foundation , about 50% of the South African adult population are newspaper readers and 48% are magazine ...

  9. List of newspapers in Zambia - Wikipedia

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    Lusaka Star; The Rainbow Newspaper Zambia Limited (RNZL) Zambian Children Young People and Women in Development (ZCYPWD) Kwilanzi Newspaper Zambia (KNZ) Kwacha Magazine Newspapers; Kwacha celebrity Newspaper; Today Zambia Newspaper (TZN) See also. Media in Zambia; External links "Zambia". Electronic Newspapers of Africa. Virtual Libraries ...