1997 the year when... 1998 the year when...
Internationally... • India and Pakistan test nuclear weapons.
• Peace in Northern Ireland. • U.S. President Clinton impeached. • First Harry Potter book is released. • Seinfeld’s the “Show About Nothing” ends.
• Opening of Disney’s Animal Kingdom – on Earth Day of 1998, Orlando, Florida.
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Internationally... • Hale-Bopp Comet visible.
• Hong Kong returned to China. • Princess Diana dies in car crash. • Mother Theresa of Calcutta died.
• Tallest buildings in the world built in Kuala Lumpur.
• Tiger Woods wins Masters. • Scientists cloned Dolly the sheep. • Versace was murdered. • Tony Blair is elected.
• Titanic opened in 1997 and became the BIGGEST Total Box-Office Film ever in film history and became the movie with most Academy Awards, totalling 13.
In South Africa... • Eugène Terre’Blanche, the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging leader, is convicted of attempted murder and assault in the Magistrates Court in Potchefstroom.
• From August 1997 the Springboks enter a wining phase: lasting to November 1998, they win 17 successive rugby tests to equal the world record.
1997 Boss of the Year®
Finalists
• Les Munger, Operations Services Manager, Umgeni Water.
• Annalie Killian, Manager External Relations, Alusaf (Pty) Ltd.
• Maya Khusal, Regional Executive, Telkom SA.
• Dr Bruce Foulis, Manager, CSIR.
• Dr Nico Human, Group Executive: Marketing and PR, Agricultural Research Council.
1997 Boss of the Year® Titlebearer
• Jabu Kubheka, Manager: Community Affairs, Richards Bay Minerals.
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In South Africa... • Voortrekkerhoogte is renamed Thaba Tshwane.
• A pipe bomb explodes at Cape Town’s Victoria & Alfred Waterfront’s Planet Hollywood restaurant seriously injuring 26 people which two later died in hospital.
• During the Goodwill Games held in New York in July 1998, Penny Heyns stormed into new world records by becoming the first World Record holder in the 50m Breaststroke in a time of 30.95. Roland Schoeman won the Gold Medal in the 50m Freestyle in a time of 22.04 seconds, the 4th fastest time ever recorded.
• Fifty-over cricket was part of the Commonwealth Games in 1998 in Kuala Lumpur, where South Africa won the gold medal.
1998 Boss of the Year® Finalists
• Alewyn Burger, Group Exec Director, Absa Group • Marion Challis, Priority Suite Manager, Standard Bank Sandton • Herman Mashaba, Managing Director, Black Like Me • Thoko Mokgosi, Executive, Telkom SA • Sandy McLeish, Div Managing Director, Divpac
1998 Boss of the Year® Titlebearer • Dr Geoff Garrett, President/CEO, CSIR.
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