2005 the year when...


Internationally... • Gwen Stefani’s “Hollaback Girl” was downloaded more than 1.7 million times.


• Worldwide aid pours in to help the eleven Asian countries devastated by the Dec. 26, 2004, tsunami.


• Pope John Paul II dies.


• Tony Blair becomes first Labour Party Prime Minister to win three successive terms.


• Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein goes on trial for the killing of 143 people in the town of Dujail, Iraq, in 1982.


• George W. Bush is 2006 the year when...


Internationally... • New Horizons spacecraft is launched. It will travel three billion miles over nine years to study Pluto’s atmosphere and surface.


• Saddam Hussein is convicted of crimes against humanity by an Iraqi court, and hanged in Baghdad.


• Tsotsi wins the 2005 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film


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officially sworn in for his second term as President.


• Hurricane Katrina wreaks catastrophic damage on the Gulf coast.


In South Africa... • Pretoria’s council votes to change the city’s name to Tshwane. The South African Geographical Names Council approves changing the name of Pretoria to Tshwane.


2005 Boss of theYear® Finalists • Dawie Botha, Executive Director, The SA Institute of Civil Engineering.


• Henry Sambane, Production Director, Crabtree Electrical Accessories of SA.


• Pilisiwe Twala-Tau, Regional Director: Region 3, City of Joburg. • Johan Viljoen, Mine Manager Mponeng, Anglogold Ashanti Mponeng Mine. • Vanessa Bluen, Managing Director, The Consultant Powerhouse (Pty) Ltd.


2005 Boss of the Year® Titlebearer • Ismail Dockrat, Executive Officer, Wesgro. bossoftheyear


• David Goldblatt is awarded the Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography.


In South Africa... • Jacob Zuma, former Deputy President of South Africa is acquitted of rape charges.


• The 16th World Economic Forum on Africa takes place in Cape Town.


• South Africa is selected for the first time as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for the 2007-2008 period.


• Nelson Mandela is awarded the Amnesty International’s Ambassador of Conscience Award.


• Anton Rupert, 89, billionaire businessman, philanthropist and founding member of World Wildlife Fund, dies.


• Tsakani “TK” Mhinga, a Rhythm and blues singer, is found dead in a Bryanston hotel.


• PW Botha, former Prime Minister and State President of South Africa, dies in Wilderness.


• South Africa brings home 12 gold medals from the Commonwealth games.


2006 Boss of the Year®


Finalists


• David Collen Noko, Managing Director, De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited.


• Dennis Lupambo, Director Self Service Banking, Standard Bank Self Service Banking.


• Thabo Seopa, Managing Director, Trudon/ TDS Directory Operation.


• Eugene Wait, Head of Department Cashroom, Alexander Forbes Financial Services.


• Brian Riley, General Manager - Motor Division, WesBank: Div. First Rand Bank.


2006 Boss of the Year® Titlebearer


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• Terry Volkwyn, CEO, Primedia Broadcasting.


• Jacob Zuma is relieved of his post as Deputy President of South Africa, following the verdict in Schabir Shaik’s trial on the 8th. He is to stand trial the following year.


• Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka is appointed the new Deputy President of South Africa.


• Tsotsi won the best foreign-language film Oscar on Sunday.


• The South African singing group, Ladysmith Black Mambaso, won their second Grammy


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