2006 in South Africa

2006 in South Africa

"See also:"
2005 in South Africa,
other events of 2006,
2006 in South African sport,
2007 in South Africa and the
Timeline of South African history.----

Events

January

* 10 January - 3 miners are killed and 4 others are injured when a magnitude 2.4 earthquake traps 12 miners underground at the TauTona gold mine near Carletonville
* 26–28 January - A large fire breaks out on the slopes of Table Mountain, spreading to lower-lying suburbs and Lion's Head, taking one life, causing property damage and destroying significant portions of the indigenous fynbos population. ("Full article: 2006 Table Mountain fire")

February

* 18–23 February - The Koeberg nuclear power station automatically disconnects from the national power grid after an undisclosed incident, leaving large parts of the Western Cape without electricity supply. Load shedding in the form of erratic rolling blackouts persist during the week, causing around R500 billion in losses to industry according to some estimates.

March

* 1 March - Local government elections held
* 5 March - Tsotsi wins the 2005 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 78th Academy Awards
* 8 March - David Goldblatt is awarded the Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography
* 13 March - The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) starts a week-long national strike over the restructuring of Transnet
* 14 March - Kofi Annan, United Nations secretary-general, addresses parliament in Cape Town urging African leaders to improve conditions in Africa
* 14-15 March - Members of the South African Students' Congress (Sasco) and African National Congress Youth League stage a violent protests at the North-West University's Mafikeng campus, over the exclusion of some students because of unpaid fees
* 23 March - 8 miners are trapped underground when a fire breaks out at the Buffelsfontein mine in Stilfontein
* 23-24 March - About 150 000 security guards go on a two-day nationwide strike but continues into April and May
* 25 March - R 69,000,000 (USD11.39m) is stolen in a cash heist from an South African Airways plane at Johannesburg International Airport
* 30 March - Six South Africans die when the al-Dana, a motorised dhow, sinks off Manama, Bahrain
* 27 March - 5 000 Telkom workers stage a protest march against Telkoms's profit-sharing scheme in Pretoria

April

* 3 April - Herman van Rooyen and Rudi Gouws, two Boeremag treason trial accused, escape from the Pretoria High Court
** The "Alexandros T", a Greek bulk carrier, sinks about convert|300|nmi|km east of Port Elizabeth. The ship (299 m long and 91,164 gross tonnage) was en-route from Brazil to China with a cargo of steel
* 6 April - A giant rotor to replace the damaged rotor at Koeberg nuclear power station arrives in Cape Town onboard the South African Navy's fleet replenishment ship SAS Drakensberg (A301)
* 24 April - The first of four South African Air Force Super Lynx 300 helicopters flys at AgustaWestland’s Yeovil factory in England

May

* 8 May - Jacob Zuma, former Deputy President of South Africa is acquitted of rape charges
* 31 May-2 June - The 16th World Economic Forum on Africa takes place in Cape Town

July

* 16 July - The first South African Air Force 2-seat SAAB JAS 39D Gripen arrives in South Africa

eptember

* 5 September - Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, arrives in Cape Town and meets with Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa
* 20 September - Jacob Zuma, former Deputy President of South Africa, corruption trial is struck off the roll at the Pietermaritzburg High Court
* 22 September - A Sasol Tigers' Aero L-29 Delfin crashes into Table Bay off Milnerton while on a validation flight for the Africa Aerospace and Defence air show, killing the pilot Martin van Straten
* 30 September-3 October -Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India arrives in Durban on a four day state visit

October

* 7 October - The Marriage Alliance protests in Pretoria against same-sex marriage
* 12 October - Herschelle Gibbs, cricketer, is questioned by the New Delhi police in Mumbai, India in connection with his alleged role in a 2000 cricket match-fixing scandal.
* 16 October - South Africa is selected for the first time as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for the 2007-2008 period

November

* 1 November - Nelson Mandela is awarded the Amnesty International's Ambassador of Conscience Award
* 14 November - The National Assembly passes the Same-sex marriage bill

port

Athletics

* February 12 – George Mofokeng wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:15:06 in Port Elizabeth.

Births

Deaths

* 18 January - Anton Rupert, 89, billionaire businessman, philanthropist and founding member of World Wildlife Fund, dies from natural causes.
* 27 February - Tsakani "TK" Mhinga, 27, a Rhythm and blues singer, is found dead in a Bryanston hotel. First reports in the media speculated drug overdose but later reports suggested strangulation.
* 11 October - Butch Kerzner, CEO of Kerzner International and son of Sol Kerzner dies in a helicopter crash near Sosua in the Puerto Plata province of the Dominican Republic
* 31 October - Pieter Willem Botha, Prime Minister of South Africa and State President of South Africa, dies in Wilderness


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