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60 W incandescent light bulb with energy efficiency class E Equivalent 42 W halogen incandescent light bulb with efficiency class C Compact fluorescent lamp LED lamp. Various governments have passed legislation to phase out manufacturing or importation of incandescent light bulbs for general lighting in favor of more energy-efficient alternatives.
Bangladesh cricket team in South Africa in 2008-09 Bangladesh: South Africa: Dates: 5 November 2008 – 30 November 2008: Captains: Mohammad Ashraful: Graeme Smith: Test series; Result: South Africa won the 2-match series 2–0: Most runs: Junaid Siddique 118: Ashwell Prince 221: Most wickets: Shakib Al Hasan 11: Makhaya Ntini 11: Player of the ...
South Africa's energy crisis or load shedding is an ongoing period of widespread national blackouts of electricity supply. It began in the later months of 2007 towards the end of Thabo Mbeki 's second term as president, and continues to the present.
India, which vehemently opposed South Africa's apartheid policy and was at the forefront of isolating the country internationally at all levels, ended its boycott in 1991 by inviting the South African cricket team to the country for an ODI series and subsequently allowed the Indian cricket team to tour South Africa for a Test and ODI series in ...
South Africa 0–4 British Isles (Cape Town, South Africa; 30 July 1891) Biggest win; South Africa 134–3 Uruguay (East London, South Africa; 11 June 2005) Biggest defeat New Zealand 57–0 South Africa (Auckland, New Zealand; 16 September 2017) World Cup; Appearances: 8 (First in 1995) Best result: Champions (1995, 2007, 2019, 2023) Tri ...
Slavery in South Africa existed from 1653 in the Dutch Cape Colony until the abolition of slavery in the British Cape Colony on 1 January 1834. This followed the British banning the trade of slaves between colonies in 1807 , with their emancipation by 1834 .
Although South Africa tried to desegregate cricket in 1976 with the formation of a non-racial governing body, the South African Cricket Union (SACU), the ICC maintained their ban. Throughout the 1980s, ‘Rebel Tours’ were sponsored in which international, although not official, teams would tour South Africa playing Test and limited-overs. [6]
No official confirmation of its being a nuclear test has been made by South Africa. In 1997, South African Deputy Foreign Minister Aziz Pahad stated that South Africa had conducted a test, but later retracted his statement as being a report of rumours. [32]