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Edcon Ltd was the leading clothing, footwear and textiles (CFT) retailing group in South Africa trading through a range of retail formats. The first Edgars store was opened on 6 September 1929 in Joubert Street, Johannesburg by Sydney Press.
Waltons then acquired McDowells in 1972. [9] By 1972, the Waltons chain had expanded to 96 department stores before Walton retired as executive chairman. Sir John severed his ties with the company in 1976, and his son John took over. Alan Bond bought Waltons in 1981, but the purchase became a financial disaster, with Bond losing $199 million in ...
Welkom officially came into being on 15 April 1947, six years after the first mining lease in the area was awarded to the St Helena Gold Mining Company, and was proclaimed a town on 23 July 1948. On 14 February 1968, after 21 years of existence, Welkom received city status, and celebrated this event with the opening of the Civic Centre by Mrs ...
Frontpage of "Die Afrikaanse Patriot" (1876), a newspaper in an early form of the Afrikaans language. This is a list of newspapers in South Africa.. In 2017, there were 22 daily and 25 weekly major urban newspapers in South Africa, mostly published in English or Afrikaans. [1]
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Task Force Platoon One was placed under the command of Captain Casper Claase. It began with twenty members, who underwent an eight-week training programme developed by Captain Mike Fryer, the lead training officer of the STF. It was later renamed as the "Reaction Unit" when it expanded to Cape Town, Bloemfontein and Diepkloof Unit 2 (Soweto).
Waltons can refer to: Waltons (department store) , an Australian department store chain Waltons Stores (Interstate) Ltd v Maher , a contracts case involving the department store
Kutlwanong Location is a township located about 10 km outside Odendaalsrus, between Welkom and Allanridge, established to house black people during the apartheid era. Kutlwanong is divided into 16 sections, namely: k1, k2, k3, k4, k5, k6, k7, k8, k9, k10 and block 1, block 2, block 4, block 5, block 6, and block 7.