Candid Camera is an American hidden camera reality television series, with versions of the show appearing on television from 1948 until 2014. Originally created and produced by Allen Funt, it often featured practical jokes, and initially began on radio as The Candid Microphone on June 28, 1947.
Gerhardus Christian Coetzee OIB was a South African professional boxer who competed from 1974 to 1986, and in 1993 and 1997. He was the first African in history to ever fight for, and win, a world heavyweight championship, having held the WBA title from 1983 to 1984. He held notable knockout wins against WBA world heavyweight champion Michael Dokes and undisputed world heavyweight champion Leon Spinks, as well as a draw with future WBC world heavyweight champion Pinklon Thomas and wins over top contenders Ron Stander, Scott LeDoux and James Tillis.
Just for Laughs Gags is a Canadian silent comedy/hidden camera reality television series that is under the Just for Laughs brand created by Pierre Girard and Jacques Chevalier.
The Volksraad of the South African Republic was the parliament of the former South African Republic (ZAR), it existed from 1840 to 1877, and from 1881 to 1902 in part of what is now South Africa. The body ceased to exist after the British Empire's victory in the Second Anglo-Boer War. The Volksraad sat in session in Ou Raadsaal in Church Square, Pretoria.
Leon Ernest "Schucks" Schuster is a South African filmmaker, comedian, actor, prankster and singer.
The cinema of South Africa refers to the films and film industry of South Africa. Films have been made in English and Afrikaans. Many foreign films have been produced about South Africa, including many involving race relations.
Oh Schucks....It's Schuster! is a 1989 South African film. It is one of South Africa's candid camera king, Leon Schuster's movies.
The Geological Society of South Africa (GSSA) is a learned society for geological science that was founded in 1895, making it one of the oldest such societies in Africa. The GSSA publishes the peer-reviewed scientific journal, the South African Journal of Geology, and annually awards the Draper Memorial Medal to recognise achievement in geology, and the Des Pretorius Memorial Award to recognise exceptional work on economic geology in Africa. The GSSA collaborates internationally with other professional organizations such as the European Federation of Geologists (EFG).
Mr. Bones 2: Back from the Past is a 2008 South African comedy film directed by Gray Hofmeyr, co-written by Hofmeyr and Leon Schuster, and starring Leon Schuster, Tongayi Chirisa, Leeanda Reddy, Kaseran Pillay, Meren Reddy. It is the sequel to the 2001 film Mr Bones, and the second film in the Mr. Bones series.
Kensington B is a suburb in Randburg, which is an area located in northern Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
Mad Buddies is a 2012 South African comedy film directed by Gray Hofmeyr, co-written by Gray Hofmeyr and Leon Schuster, and starring Leon Schuster, Kenneth Nkosi, Tanit Phoenix and Alfred Ntombela. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures acquired the film's distribution rights and released the film through the Touchstone Pictures banner. This production is an unofficial remake of the Jamie Uys films Fifty/Vyftig, Hans en die Rooinek and All the Way to Paris: films which, like this one, depict two adversaries having to assist each other to get out of awkward situations.
In S v Pretorius, an important case in South African criminal law, the accused had exceeded the speed limit when taking his child, whom he believed to be in mortal danger, to hospital for treatment. The court held that the onus of proof in a defence of necessity, as in self-defence, rests on the State, which must rule out the reasonable possibility of an act of necessity. It is not for the accused to satisfy the court that he acted from necessity. The conviction of Pretorius was accordingly set aside.
The 2014 Currie Cup First Division was contested between 29 August and 17 October 2014. The tournament was the second tier of South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces.
Hercules Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as the South African Territorial Reserve.
Michael Richard Schutte was a South African boxer, actor, comedian and singer.
You Must Be Joking Too! is a 1987 South African comedy film directed by Leon Schuster and produced by Elmo de Witt. The film's music was composed by Johan van Rensburg.
Nicole A. Taylor is an American writer and cookbook author. Originally from Georgia, she moved to Brooklyn, New York in 2008 which became the basis for her 2015 cookbook, The Up South Cookbook: Chasing Dixie in a Brooklyn Kitchen. Taylor's food writing has twice been nominated for a James Beard Foundation Award. She has also hosted a podcast called Hot Grease.
Stoffel du Plessis born Christoffel Petrus du Plessis, in the district of Lichtenburg, was a South African amateur and professional middleweight boxer of the 1950s.
Don Clarke is a South African singer-songwriter, also known as The Songteller. Clarke is notable for his music contribution to South African culture with songs that celebrate South African sport, tell the story of heroes and support social issues.
Schuks! Your Country Needs You is a 2013 South African comedy prank movie directed by Gray Hofmeyr and written by Leon Schuster. The movie is the eighth entry in the popular South African candid camera series where Leon Schuster as the titular Schuks, Rob van Vuuren, Lare Birk, and Alfred Ntombela prank unsuspecting everyday South Africans.
