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Mr Price Group is a cash-based fashion-value retailer, and is a public company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Established in 1985, the retailer has 2,900 stores which are mainly in South Africa, as well as online channels. The company operates through four segments: Apparel, Homeware, Financial Services and Telecoms.
Cavendish Square is a shopping centre in Claremont, Cape Town. It was at the time the largest upscale centre to open in Cape Town and was a project of Stuttafords department store. Original tenants included a full-line Stuttaford's store, a Greatermans department store, whose space was later taken by Garlicks. The centre opened September 7, 1972.
The 17th century Governor of the Cape Colony, Zacharias Wagenaer, was very concerned about providing regular drinking water to inhabitants and visiting ship crews alike. He ordered a rectangular masonry dam, known as the New Bowl (or also Wagener's Tank ), to be built between the Fort and the ocean.
Mark Lifman (1965–2024) was a South African businessman associated with organized crime in Cape Town.. Known for his involvement in nightclub security and alleged protection rackets, Lifman faced multiple serious charges over the years, including murder, attempted murder, money laundering, gang-related offences, and tax evasion. [1]
In 2006, the Ackermans donated R4 million to the hospital. Pick 'n Pay was very involved with Cape Town's bid to bring the 2004 Summer Olympics to South Africa. On 14 February 2005, the Raymond Ackerman Academy of Entrepreneurial Development opened in Cape Town to develop business skills and train future managers and leaders for South Africa.
Pick n Pay also operates one of the largest online grocery platforms in sub-Saharan Africa. Raymond Ackerman purchased the first four Pick n Pay stores in Cape Town in 1967 from Jack Goldin. [4] Since then, the Group has grown to encompass stores across South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Nigeria, Eswatini and Lesotho. Pick n Pay also owns ...
The area known today as Cape Town has no written history before it was first mentioned by Portuguese explorer Bartholomeu Dias in 1488. The German anthropologist Theophilus Hahn recorded that the original name of the area was 'ǁHui ǃGais' – a toponym in the indigenous Khoe language meaning "where clouds gather."
5 – An explosion at the Mowbray police station in Cape Town slightly injures two policemen. 5 – One civilian is injured when a vehicle detonates an anti-tank land mine near Volksrust. 5 – In Vosloorus and Katlehong, five Development Board officials are killed in two attacks on their vehicles and two insurgents are killed in the return fire.