2006 in South Africa

2006
in
South Africa

Decades:
See also:

The following lists events that happened during 2006 in South Africa.

Incumbents

Events

January
  • 10 – Three miners are killed and four others are injured when a magnitude 2.4 earthquake traps twelve miners underground at the TauTona gold mine near Carletonville.
  • 26–28 – A large fire breaks out on the slopes of Table Mountain, taking one life.
February
  • 18–23 – The Koeberg nuclear power station automatically disconnects from the national power grid after when a loose bolt damages a rotor, 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
April
May
June
  • 1 – The 16th World Economic Forum on Africa is convened in Cape Town.[2]
July
September
October
November

Births

Deaths

  • 18 January – Anton Rupert, billionaire businessman and philanthropist. (b. 1916)
  • 27 February – Tsakani Mhinga, singer and songwriter. (b. 1978)
  • 31 October – P.W. Botha, former Prime Minister and State President. (b. 1916)

Railways

Locomotives

Sports

Athletics

See also

References

  1. ^ Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Heads of State: 1994-2017 (Accessed on 5 June 2017)
  2. ^ "Is Africa open for business?". 1 June 2006. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  3. ^ Middleton, John N. (2002). Railways of Southern Africa Locomotive Guide - 2002 (as amended by Combined Amendment List 4, January 2009) (2nd, Dec 2002 ed.). Herts, England: Beyer-Garratt Publications.
  4. ^ Information supplied by staff at Transnet Rail Engineering, Bloemfontein and Koedoespoort
  5. ^ South African Railways Index and Diagrams Electric and Diesel Locomotives, 610mm and 1065mm Gauges, Ref LXD 14/1/100/20, 28 January 1975, as amended

This page was last updated at 2019-11-10 04:37 UTC. Update now. View original page.

All our content comes from Wikipedia and under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.


Top

If mathematical, chemical, physical and other formulas are not displayed correctly on this page, please useFirefox or Safari