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  2. Mapantsula - Wikipedia

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    There is a cut-scene to a busy Johannesburg street where Panic and his partner in crime, Dingaan (Darlington Michaels), rob a white South African of his wallet, threatening him with a knife when he attempts to get his money back. After, Panic and Dingaan meet up at a local corner store and recount the event.

  3. District 9 - Wikipedia

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    In 1982, an enormous extraterrestrial spaceship arrives and hovers over the South African city of Johannesburg.Inside, an investigation team finds over a million malnourished insect-like aliens, and the South African government relocates them to a camp called District 9.

  4. Brenda Fassie - Wikipedia

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    Brenda Nokuzola Fassie was born in Langa, Cape Town on 3 November 1964, [6] the youngest of nine children. She was named after the American singer Brenda Lee. [6] Her father died when she was only two years old; with the help of her mother, a pianist, she soon started earning money by singing for tourists.

  5. History of Johannesburg - Wikipedia

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    The settlement was named after two officials of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR), Christiaan Johannes Joubert and Johannes Rissik, [citation needed] who both worked in land surveying and mapping. The two men combined the name they shared, adding 'burg', the archaic Afrikaans word for 'fortified city

  6. Welcome to Our Hillbrow - Wikipedia

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    Refentše The main character is Refentše Morrow, who goes through many hardships due to the hectic Johannesburg society that he lives in. He is a professor who is in love with a woman named Lerato. One day he comes home to find his best friend, Sammy, and Lerato having sex. He commits suicide by jumping off a building in Van De Merwe Street.

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    After being retried a few times, Alcala was eventually convicted and sentenced to death in 2010 for the murder of Samsoe. His DNA was also found to match evidence in four other Orange County ...

  8. List of places in South Africa named after people - Wikipedia

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    In the theory officially accepted today by the city, it bears the name of Voortrekker leaders Piet Retief and Gert Maritz. In another theory, the city was originally named after Retief alone, initially "Pieter Mouriets Burg" (after his given names) and transformed to its current form. Pinetown – Sir Benjamin Pine, governor of Natal

  9. Was the Six Triple Eight Real? All About the History ... - AOL

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    Adams received many honors during her lifetime and after, including an elementary school in Dayton being named after her. In April 2023, she became the first Black woman in U.S. history to have an ...