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List of events
Events in the year 2013 in South Africa .
Incumbents
The Cabinet, together with the
President and the
Deputy President , forms part of the Executive.
Events
January
Cape Times billboard following the arrest of Pistorius in February 2013
3 – South African Olympic
mountain biker and former age group world champion
Burry Stander is killed in a road accident while training near his home.
[1]
6
9 – South Africa police fire
rubber bullets and
tear gas to disperse striking farm workers in the Western Cape region.
10 –
Fitch Group downgrades South Africa's long term foreign currency Issuer Default Rating to 'BBB' from 'BBB+' and long-term local currency IDR to BBB+ from A.
15 –
Anglo American subsidiary
Anglo American Platinum announces it will mothball its two least profitable South African
platinum mines, sell another and cut 14,000 jobs.
16 – Workers at three of Anglo American Platinum's mines go on illegal strike.
19 to 10 February – The
2013 Africa Cup of Nations takes place in South Africa and is won by Nigeria, with the Burkina Faso as the runner-up.
21 – A South African court finds
Nigerian militant
Henry Okah guilty of masterminding a 2010 car bombing which killed 12 people in
Abuja .
24 – 15,000 crocodiles escape from a farm after flooding.
February
President Jacob Zuma's R246-million
Nkandla homestead
March
November
December
5 – President
Nelson Mandela dies at about 20:50 in his house in
Houghton, Johannesburg .
[7]
10 – The State memorial service for
Nelson Mandela was held in the
Soccer City stadium in
Soweto . It was attended by more than 140 heads of state, heads of government and royal sovereigns,
[8] along with dozens of leaders of international organizations (among them
Ban Ki-moon ,
Irina Bokova ,
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma ,
José Manuel Barroso ,
Barack Obama ,
David Cameron ,
François Hollande ,
Joachim Gauck ,
Enrico Letta ,
Stephen Harper ,
Dilma Rousseff and
Tony Abbott ). Over 185 countries and 30 international organizations were represented.
In this event, President
Jacob Zuma is booed repeatedly by thousands of the attendees.
[9]
Births
Deaths
5 December: Nelson Mandela - Anti-apartheid activist and first democratically elected
President of South Africa
3 January –
Burry Stander (25), Olympic (
2008 ,
2012 ) mountain biker, dies in a traffic collision.
[1]
6 January –
Neil Adcock (81), cricketer, dies of bowel cancer.
[14]
2 February –
Anene Booysen (17), is raped and murdered. (b. 1995)
14 February –
Reeva Steenkamp (29) model and girlfriend of sprint runner Oscar Pistorius.
[15]
28 March – Johan Kemp (35), rugby union player, is shot.
[16]
5 July – Vice Admiral
Lambert "Woody" Woodburne"
DVR
SD
SM (1952 version) and
SM (1975 version) (73), former Chief of the
South African Navy .
[17]
12 October –
Glen Dell (51), pilot (injuries from air show accident)
[18]
29 November –
Colin Eglin (88), politician, former
Leader of the Opposition .
[19]
5 December – President
Nelson Mandela (95) dies after a long sickbed. (b.
1918 )
[7]
7 December –
Jacob "Baby Jake" Matlala (51), flyweight world champion boxer.
Railways
Locomotives
The first ten of ninety-five 3 kV DC and 25 kV AC dual voltage
Class 20E electric locomotives for Transnet Freight Rail are being built in China by CSL Zhuzhou.
[20]
See also
References
^
a
b
"SA cyclist Burry Stander dies" . Sport24. 3 January 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2013 .
^ Xinhua (7 January 2013).
"SA troops for Central African Republic" . southafrica.info. Archived from
the original on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2013 .
^
" "Blade Runner" Pistorius charged with murdering girlfriend" . Reuters . 14 February 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2014 .
^
The Battle in Bangui: The untold inside story. By Helmoed Heitman.
^ Dít mag jy NIE sien nie - Die Burger , Vrydag 22 November 2013.
^ Woede oor Nkandla: 'Kla Zuma aan!' - OB bevind hy het land mislei en moet terugbetaal - Die Burger , Saterdag 30 November 2013.
^
a
b Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela 1918-2013 - Hy is weg - Die Burger , Vrydag 6 December 2013.
^ Campbell, Matthew; Amoore, Miles.
"140 leaders gather in tribute for man who touched the world" .
The Times .
^ Obama se rede ontroer - Zuma kry duime na onder - Applous vir Thabo en FW, Zuma uitgejou - Die Burger , Woensdag 11 December 2013.
^
Mandela memorial interpreter convicted of theft - Mail & Guardian , 13 December 2013
^
Sign language interpreter admitted to psychiatric hospital - Mail & Guardian , 19 December 2013
^
Shamed sign language interpreter at Mandela memorial claims he is schizo - wavuti.com 12 December 2013
^
"Kgalema Motlanthe remembers Mandela on Christmas day - City Press , 25 December 2013" . Archived from
the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013 .
^ Bernstein, Jenny (20 April 2011).
"Fast-bowling great Neil Adcock dies – Yahoo! News South Africa" . Za.news.yahoo.com. Archived from
the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2013 .
^ Alexandra Topping and agencies (14 February 2013).
"Oscar Pistorius charged with murder after girlfriend shot dead" . The Guardian . Retrieved 15 February 2013 .
^
"Former Lions rugby player shot dead" . PressCity Press. Archived from
the original on 4 April 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013 .
^
"Oud-vlootadmiraal (73) oorlede ná 'n lang siekte" . Die Burger . 12 July 2013. Archived from
the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2013 .
^
"Aerobatic pilot dies after show crash" . News24. 12 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013 .
^ Vlae hang Maandag halfstok vir Colin Eglin se begrafnis - Die Burger , Vrydag 6 December 2013, p. 2.
^
Railways Africa, 20 Aug 2013: Class 20E Loco Debuts at CSR
2013 in Africa
Sovereign states States with limited recognition
Dependencies and other territories