eventREF E-0013682Revised
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Tsotsi wins Academy Award
- Date
- 6 Mar 2006
- Updated
- 5 Mar 2020
On 6 March 2006, the South African film Tsotsi, starring young actors Presley Chweneyagae and Terry Pheto and directed by Gavin Woods, received the Oscar for the best foreign film at the Oscar awards in Hollywood. Set amidst the sprawling Johannesburg township of Soweto - where survival is the primary objective - Tsotsi ("thug" or "gangster") traces six days in the life of a ruthless young gang leader who ends up caring for a baby accidentally kidnapped during a car-jacking.
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- 01South Africa The Good News, (2006), 'Amandla! Tsotsi wins an Oscar!' , 06 March, [online], Available at sagoodnews.co.za [Accessed: 25 February 2009]
Last updated · 5 Mar 2020
South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Tsotsi wins Academy Award. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013682
South African History Online (2011) 'Tsotsi wins Academy Award', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013682 (Accessed: 31 July 2026).
South African History Online, Tsotsi wins Academy Award [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013682, (accessed 31 July 2026).
"Tsotsi wins Academy Award." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013682. Accessed 31 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Tsotsi wins Academy Award." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013682.
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Cape St Francis, Western Cape Peninsula
Manuel Perestrelo visited Cape St Francis in 1575 and named it 'Bahia de Sao Francisco'.
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