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2018 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 2018 in South Africa.

Incumbents

National Government

Cabinet

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

National Assembly

Provincial Premiers

Predicted and scheduled events

Events that are scheduled to occur in 2018 in South Africa.

February

Events

The following lists events that happened during 2018 in South Africa.

January

February

  • 1 February – The first ODI match in the series between South Africa and India takes place in Durban (Kingsmead Cricket Ground). India win the match by 6 wickets.
  • 4 February – The second ODI match in the series between South Africa and India takes place in Centurion (SuperSport Park). India win the match by 9 wickets. South Africa's score of 118/10 becomes South Africa's lowest score in South Africa by South Africa.
  • 6 February – The Speaker of the National Assembly announces that the State of the Nation address is postponed to a later date.
  • 13 February – The Secretary-General of the ANC, Ace Magashule, officially announces that the National Executive Committee of the ANC has officially recalled Jacob Zuma as President of South Africa. He is given until the end of the day to step down as president.
  • 14 February – Jacob Zuma announces his resignation as President of South Africa, after a speech of about 25 minutes, just before 23:00. In resigning his position, he effectively evaded a vote of no confidence that was to be supported by his own party. According to Section 90(1) of the Constitution of South Africa, Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa became Acting President of South Africa.
  • 15 February – Cyril Ramaphosa is sworn in as President of South Africa.
  • 16 February – President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers his first State of the Nation Address.

April

May

  • 2 – Sandile Mantsoe is found guilty at the High Court in Johannesburg of murdering his 22-year-old ex-girlfriend Karabo Mokoena, whose stabbed and burnt remains were found buried in a shallow grave in a field in Johannesburg. The case has caused shock and outrage, with the victim becoming symbolic of the violence faced by women in South Africa.
  • 23 May – South African cricketer, AB de Villiers who is recognised as one of the greatest batsmen in modern-day cricket suddenly announced his retirement from international cricket at the age of 34.

July

  • 20 July – Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) stated that the time had come to discuss the possibility of reinstating the death penalty in South Africa.

August

  • 8 August – The National Freedom Party calls for bringing back the death penalty in South Africa after the death of Khensani Maseko, in a similar call to one made by the IFP weeks ago.
  • 20 August
  • Hearings at the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture start

November

  • 12 November — Three men - Vernon Witbooi, Geraldo Parsons and Eben van Niekerk - are convicted at the Western Cape High Court of kidnapping, raping and brutally killing Stellenbosch University student Hannah Cornelius, whose body was found outside Stellenbosch. They are also convicted of the attempted murder of a friend of Hannah's who was abducted at the same time and left for dead near Kraaifontein. The three men receive life sentences.

Deaths

January

February

March

April

June

  • 20 June
  • Billy Modise, 87, South African former ambassador.

August

Public holidays in South Africa, 2018

References