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.
18–23 – The
Koebergnuclear 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.
3 – The Alexandros T, a Greek bulk carrier, sinks about 300 nautical miles (560 km) east of
Port Elizabeth.
4 – A senior policeman goes on a shooting rampage, killing three women and a baby in Tarlton, before killing four officers at Kagiso police station in
Krugersdorp. After fleeing in a police car, the gunman is tracked to
Sebokeng, where he is shot dead by police colleagues.[2]
25 – The case against the owner of a dry-cleaning business and five others is dismissed in the
Vereeniging court. They were accused of murdering employees Constance Moeletsi, Victoria Ndweni and Jocelyn Lesito, who were allegedly forced into a washing machine that was then switched on.[3]
1 – The 16th World Economic Forum on Africa is convened in Cape Town.[4]
25 – A shoot-out in
Jeppestown,
Johannesburg, leaves eight suspects and four police officers dead following a supermarket robbery in the suburb of Honeydew.[5]
29 – Four security guards transporting money to a bank die when their van is forced off the road and shot at during an attempted
cash-in-transit heist in
Limpopo. Three of the victims burned to death when the overturned van was set on fire using a flammable chemical.[6]
12 –
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 – South Africa is selected for the first time as a non-permanent member of the
United Nations Security Council for the 2007–2008 period.
^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.
^Information supplied by staff at Transnet Rail Engineering,
Bloemfontein and Koedoespoort
^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
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.
18–23 – The
Koebergnuclear 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.
3 – The Alexandros T, a Greek bulk carrier, sinks about 300 nautical miles (560 km) east of
Port Elizabeth.
4 – A senior policeman goes on a shooting rampage, killing three women and a baby in Tarlton, before killing four officers at Kagiso police station in
Krugersdorp. After fleeing in a police car, the gunman is tracked to
Sebokeng, where he is shot dead by police colleagues.[2]
25 – The case against the owner of a dry-cleaning business and five others is dismissed in the
Vereeniging court. They were accused of murdering employees Constance Moeletsi, Victoria Ndweni and Jocelyn Lesito, who were allegedly forced into a washing machine that was then switched on.[3]
1 – The 16th World Economic Forum on Africa is convened in Cape Town.[4]
25 – A shoot-out in
Jeppestown,
Johannesburg, leaves eight suspects and four police officers dead following a supermarket robbery in the suburb of Honeydew.[5]
29 – Four security guards transporting money to a bank die when their van is forced off the road and shot at during an attempted
cash-in-transit heist in
Limpopo. Three of the victims burned to death when the overturned van was set on fire using a flammable chemical.[6]
12 –
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 – South Africa is selected for the first time as a non-permanent member of the
United Nations Security Council for the 2007–2008 period.
^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.
^Information supplied by staff at Transnet Rail Engineering,
Bloemfontein and Koedoespoort
^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