2007 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 2007 in South Africa.

Incumbents

• President: Thabo Mbeki.
• Deputy President: Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka.
• Chief Justice: Pius Langa.

Cabinet

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

National Assembly

Provincial Premiers

• Eastern Cape Province: Nosimo Balindlela
• Free State Province: Beatrice Marshoff
• Gauteng Province: Mbhazima Shilowa
• KwaZulu-Natal Province: S'bu Ndebele
• Limpopo Province: Sello Moloto
• Mpumalanga Province: Thabang Makwetla
• North West Province: Edna Molewa
• Northern Cape Province: Elizabeth Dipuo Peters
• Western Cape Province: Ebrahim Rasool

Events

January

• 17 – South Africa is selected as the host of the sub-region's Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre. Included in the sub-region are Angola, Comoros, Madagascar, Mozambique and Namibia.

February

• 6–8 – President of the People's Republic of China, Hu Jintao, visits South Africa.
• 23 – South African Courts dismiss charges against Simon Mann, former British Army officer, security expert and mercenary, and 7 other suspected mercenaries.
• A large-scale Community Survey is conducted in all provinces by Statistics South Africa.

May

• 2 – A Zimbabwean court rules that Simon Mann, former British Army officer, security expert and mercenary, be extradited to Equatorial Guinea to face charges of leading a failed coup d'état.

September

• 10 – The National Prosecuting Authority obtains an arrest warrant for Jackie Selebi, president of Interpol and South Africa's National Police Commissioner.
• 14 – A search warrant is added to the arrest warrant for Jackie Selebi.
• 23 – Vusi Pikoli, Director of the National Prosecuting Authority, is suspended.

November

• 5 – Tiny Makopo, dormitory matron at Oprah Winfrey's Leadership Academy for Girls, is arrested for the abuse at the academy of six girls aged 13–14 and one woman aged 23.
• 7 – Nationwide Airlines Flight 723 performs an emergency landing at Cape Town International Airport, South Africa, because the right-side engine detached from the aircraft. All 112 occupants survive.

December

• 18 – Jacob Zuma is elected chairman of the African National Congress.

Births

• 16 February – Stacey Fru, writer

Deaths

• 4 January – Marais Viljoen, former State President. (b. 1915)
• 9 January – Elmer Symons, motorcyclist. (b. 1977)
• 18 March – Bob Woolmer, Proteas cricket coach from 1994 to 1999. (b. 1948)
• 11 July – William Flynn, actor and comedian, (b. 1948)
• 1 August – Ryan Cox, professional road racing cyclist (b. 1979)
• 10 September – Stanley Nadas, (b.1949)
• 18 October – Lucky Dube, reggae singer. (b. 1964)
• 20 November – Ian Smith, former Prime Minister of Rhodesia. (b. 1919)
• 22 November – Reg Park, British bodybuilder, businessman, and actor. (b. 1928)

Sports

Athletics

• 11 February – George Mofokeng wins his second national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:13:50 in Port Elizabeth.

Rugby

• 20 October– South Africa defeats England 15–6 in the final to win the 2007 Rugby World Cup.

See also

• 2007 in South African television

References