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Tag: Geography of South Africa

Tag Archives: Geography of South Africa

05Jul/17

Seven die in downtown Johannesburg building blaze

July 5, 2017DisasterDisaster/Accident, Gauteng, Geography of South Africa, Johannesburg, Johannesburg Region F, Kay Makhubela, Provinces of South Africa, South Africa, Suburbs of Johannesburgsmbale

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA (JULY 5, 2017) (INNER CITY GAZETTE) – Seven people died in a high-rise apartment block fire in Johannesburg on Wednesday (July 5) including a man who jumped to his death to escape the flames, emergency services said.
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30Apr/17

AfrikaBurn brings artwork to South African desert

April 30, 2017ArtAdansonia, AfrikaBurn, Agust Helgason, Animals, Burning Man, China Central Television, Company: AfrikaBurn, Company: CCTV, Country: South Africa, Geography, Geography of Africa, Geography of South Africa, Karoo, Mammals, Mammals of Africa, Mammals of Asia, Northern Cape, Organisms, Oudebaaskraal Dam, Pangolins, Physiographic provinces, Public nudity, South Africa, Sweden, Tankwa Karoo National Park, Travis Lylesmbale

China Central Television (CCTV) – A temporary city of art has been created in the desert of South Africa during the annual AfrikaBurn event in the Tankwa Karoo in the Northern Cape.
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26Feb/17

Specter of xenophobic chaos looming over South Africa again

February 26, 2017ImmigrationAfrican National Congress, Apartheid, China Central Television, China Global Television, Company: CCTV, Countries, Country: South Africa, Foreign relations of South Africa, Gauteng, Geography of South Africa, Illegal immigration, Johannesburg, Khomotso Phahlane, Makgoka Lekganyane, Malusi Gigaba, Nepalis in South Africa, Nigerian government, Politics, Pretoria, Provinces of South Africa, Race and society, Racial segregation, Racism in South Africa, Social Issues, South Africa, War/Conflict, Xenophobiasmbale

Various,South Africa (China Global Television) – Tensions between South Africans and foreigners rose again in Pretoria and parts of Johannesburg recently.
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14Nov/16

America’s Essence festival in Africa for the first time

November 14, 2016MusicAfrican National Congress, Albums, Ambition, Black Coffee, Cameroon, City: Durban KwaZulu-Natal, City: New Orleans, Continent: Africa, Durban, Entertainment/Culture, Essence, Estelle, Estelle Price, Geography of Africa, Geography of South Africa, Ghandi, Kelly Price, Lynn Woods, Michelle Ebanks, Musicians, Ne-Yo, New Orleans, Nyameka Ntonga, Rodrig Tchatcho, Singers, South Africa, Steve Harvey, Thandiswa Mazwai, United Statessmbale

Durban hosts first Essence festival in Africa – an event that provides an opportunity to connect scattered populations of black people with similar ambitions in music, fashion, artist, women empowerment and business. Continue reading →

05Feb/16

south africa mining collapse

Still photos of emergency services on surface of South African gold mine site which collapsed, more than 100 trapped

February 5, 2016PicturesAssociation of Mineworkers and Construction Union, Barberton, Barberton Mpumalanga, Bothasnek, Disaster/Accident, Geography of Africa, Geography of South Africa, Johannesburg, Manzini Zungu, Mpumalanga, Nelshoogte, Sheba Mpumalanga, South Africasmbale

More than 100 people are unaccounted for after a gold mine in Mpumalanga province in northeastern South Africa caved in, a union official says.

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14Apr/15

South Africa anti-foreigner violence spreads to centre of Durban

April 14, 2015WorldAfrica, Durban, Durban KwaZulu-Natal, EThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, Geography of Africa, Geography of South Africa, Human rights in South Africa, Indian Ocean, Mass media, Natal, Police fire rubber bullets, Politics of South Africa, Senzo Mchunu, South Africa, South African Broadcasting Corporation, War/Conflictsmbale

Police fire rubber bullets as a wave of anti-foreigner violence that has killed four people in and around the South African city of Durban in recent days spreads to the town centre.
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