1995 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1995 in South Africa.

Incumbents

• President: Nelson Mandela.
• Deputy President: F.W. de Klerk along with Thabo Mbeki
• Chief Justice: Michael Corbett.

Cabinet

The Cabinet, together with the President and the Deputy President, forms part of the Executive.

National Assembly

Provincial Premiers

• Eastern Cape Province: Raymond Mhlaba
• Free State Province: Mosiuoa Lekota
• Gauteng Province: Tokyo Sexwale
• KwaZulu-Natal Province: Frank Mdlalose
• Limpopo Province: Ngoako Ramathlodi
• Mpumalanga Province: Mathews Phosa
• North West Province: Popo Molefe
• Northern Cape Province: Manne Dipico
• Western Cape Province: Hernus Kriel

Events

January

• 10 – General Johan van der Merwe, Police Commissioner of the South African Police Service, resigns and is succeeded by General George Fivaz.
• 25 – South Africa and India sign a number of agreements relating to political, trade, economic, cultural, scientific and technical co-operation.

March

• 27 – Winnie Mandela is dismissed as deputy minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology.
• Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh visit South Africa.

May

• 10 – The Vaal Reefs mining disaster at Vaal Reefs gold mine in Orkney. A runaway locomotive falls into a lift shaft onto an ascending cage and causes it to plunge to the bottom of the deep shaft, killing 104.

June

• 6 – The Constitutional Court abolishes capital punishment in the case of S v Makwanyane and Another.
• 24 – South Africa win the Rugby World Cup over New Zealand with a final score [after extra time] of 15-12.

July

• 19 – The Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act, No. 34 is signed into law by president Nelson Mandela.
• South Africa and India sign an agreement on co-operation in science and technology.

August

• – Serial killer Moses Sithole is arrested for the murders of 38 people.

November

• 29 – Desmond Tutu is appointed chairperson of the 17-member Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) by president Nelson Mandela.

Births

• 8 January – Kyle Edmund, South African-born British tennis player
• 29 January – RG Snyman, rugby player
• 14 March – Arno Greeff, actor
• 19 April – Madrie Le Roux, tennis player
• 5 May – Thomas du Toit, rugby player
• 15 May – Bruce Bvuma, football player
• 20 May – Warrick Gelant, rugby player
• 25 May – Kagiso Rabada, cricketer
• 5 June – Troye Sivan, South African-Australian actor and singer
• 12 June – Claudia Cummins, artistic gymnast
• 28 June – Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, model, Miss Universe 2017
• 21 July – Armand Joubert, singer-songwriter
• 3 August – Ciara Charteris, South African-British actress
• 5 August – Jean-Luc du Preez, rugby player
• 5 August – Dan du Preez, rugby player
• 6 August – Lynn Kiro, tennis player
• 11 August – Brad Binder, motorcycle racer
• 29 August – Ntando Duma, actress and television personality
• 30 October – Anene Booysen, murder victim (d. 2013)
• 7 November – Cameron Coetzer, badminton player
• 20 December – Aimee van Rooyen, rhythmic gymnast

Deaths

• 6 January – Joe Slovo, activist and politician. (b. 1926)
• 20 June - Harry Gwala, activist and politician. (b. 1920)
• 15 September – Harry Calder, cricketer. (b. 1901)

Sports

Rugby

• 25 May to 24 June – South Africa hosts the 1995 Rugby World Cup and wins the final game 15–12 against the New Zealand All Blacks.

References