2013 in South Africa

2013
in
South Africa

Decades:
  • 1990s
  • 2000s
  • 2010s
  • 2020s
See also:

Events in the year 2013 in South Africa.

Incumbents

Cabinet

The Cabinet, together with the President and the Deputy President, forms part of the Executive.

National Assembly

Provincial Premiers

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

In this event, President Jacob Zuma is booed repeatedly by thousands of the attendees.[8]

Deaths

5 December: Nelson Mandela - Anti-apartheid activist and first democratically elected President of South Africa

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.[19]

See also

References

  1. "SA cyclist Burry Stander dies". Sport24. 3 January 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  2. Xinhua (7 January 2013). "SA troops for Central African Republic". southafrica.info. Archived from the original on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  3. ""Blade Runner" Pistorius charged with murdering girlfriend". Reuters. 14 February 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  4. The Battle in Bangui: The untold inside story. By Helmoed Heitman.
  5. Dít mag jy NIE sien nie - Die Burger, Vrydag 22 November 2013.
  6. Woede oor Nkandla: 'Kla Zuma aan!' - OB bevind hy het land mislei en moet terugbetaal - Die Burger, Saterdag 30 November 2013.
  7. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela 1918-2013 - Hy is weg - Die Burger, Vrydag 6 December 2013.
  8. Obama se rede ontroer - Zuma kry duime na onder - Applous vir Thabo en FW, Zuma uitgejou - Die Burger, Woensdag 11 December 2013.
  9. Mandela memorial interpreter convicted of theft - Mail & Guardian, 13 December 2013
  10. Sign language interpreter admitted to psychiatric hospital - Mail & Guardian, 19 December 2013
  11. Shamed sign language interpreter at Mandela memorial claims he is schizo - wavuti.com 12 December 2013
  12. "Kgalema Motlanthe remembers Mandela on Christmas day - City Press, 25 December 2013". Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  13. 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.
  14. Alexandra Topping and agencies (14 February 2013). "Oscar Pistorius charged with murder after girlfriend shot dead". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  15. "Former Lions rugby player shot dead". PressCity Press. Archived from the original on 4 April 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  16. "Oud-vlootadmiraal (73) oorlede ná 'n lang siekte". Die Burger. 12 July 2013.
  17. "Aerobatic pilot dies after show crash". News24. 12 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  18. Vlae hang Maandag halfstok vir Colin Eglin se begrafnis - Die Burger, Vrydag 6 December 2013, p. 2.
  19. Railways Africa, 20 Aug 2013: Class 20E Loco Debuts at CSR
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