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Piet Retief, South Africa. / 27.000°S 30.800°E / -27.000; 30.800. Piet Retief, officially eMkhondo, is a town situated in a timber -growing region in Mpumalanga province, South Africa. It is the seat of the Mkhondo Local Municipality. It is located not far from the Eswatini border.
The Cape Colony, Natal Colony, Transvaal Colony and Orange River Colony are together renamed the four provinces of the Union of South Africa and granted Dominion status. Louis Botha becomes the first Prime Minister of South Africa. Founding of the South African Party. Construction of the Union Buildings begins.
South Africa since 1994 transitioned from the system of apartheid to one of majority rule. The election of 1994 resulted in a change in government with the African National Congress (ANC) coming to power. The ANC retained power after subsequent elections in 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014, and 2019. Children born during this period are known as the born ...
Republic of South Africa; Use: Civil and state flag, civil and state ensign: Design: The flag of Republic of South Africa was adopted on 26 April 1994. It replaced the flag that had been used since 1928, and was chosen to represent multiculturalism and ethnic diversity in the country's new, post-apartheid democratic society.
November. 21 – Daniel Jacobus Erasmus becomes acting State President of the South African Republic. [2] Unknown date. Gold is discovered at Pilgrim's Creek in the Pilgrim's Rest area. When an 83.50 carats (16.700 g) diamond is discovered, a diamond rush results and the town of New Rush springs up.
Nuclear power in South Africa. South Africa is the only country in Africa with a commercial nuclear power plant. [1] Two reactors located at the Koeberg nuclear power station accounts for around 5% of South Africa's electricity production. [2] Spent fuel is disposed of at Vaalputs Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility in the Northern Cape .
Norman Afzal Simons, known as the Station Strangler, is a South African rapist and suspected serial killer in Cape Town in the late 20th century. He was convicted in 1995 of the rape and murder of 10-year-old Elroy van Rooyen in 1995 and sentenced to 25 years. He became eligible for parole in July 2023 and was released on parole and under 24 ...
White South Africans are South Africans of European descent. In linguistic, cultural, and historical terms, they are generally divided into the Afrikaans -speaking descendants of the Dutch East India Company 's original colonists, known as Afrikaners, and the Anglophone descendants of predominantly British colonists of South Africa.