2007 in South Africa

	2007 in South Africa
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List of years in South Africa

Incumbents

• President: Thabo Mbeki
• Deputy President: Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

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.

December

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

Deaths

• 4 January – Marais Viljoen (91), former State President of South Africa, dies in Pretoria from heart failure.
• 9 January – Elmer Symons, motorcyclist, dies of injuries sustained in a crash during the fourth stage of the 29th Dakar Rally.
• 18 October – Lucky Dube (43), reggae singer, is shot dead during a car hijacking in Rosettenville suburb of Johannesburg.^[1]
• 20 November – Ian Smith (88), Prime Minister of Rhodesia.

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.

References

1. BBC News, Friday, 19 October 2007 - Shock at SA reggae star shooting

Further reading

• Andreas Mehler; et al., eds. (2008). "South Africa". Africa Yearbook: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2007. 4. Koninklijke Brill. pp. 487+. ISBN 9789004168053.