2007 in South Africa

"See also:"
2006 in South Africa,
other events of 2007,
2007 in South African sport,
2008 in South Africa and the
Timeline of South African history.----

Events

January

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

February

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

May

* 2 May - 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'etat

eptember

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

November

* 5 November - Tiny Makopo, a dormitory matron at Oprah Winfrey's Leadership Academy for Girls is arrested for abuse six girls aged between 13-14 and one woman aged 23 at the academy

December

* 18 December - Jacob Zuma is elected chairman of the African National Congress

port

Athletics

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

Rugby

*October 20, South Africa defeats England 15-6 in the final to win the 2007 Rugby World Cup.

Births

Deaths

* 4 January - Marais Viljoen, former State President of South Africa, dies in Pretoria from heart failure at the age of 91
* 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, reggae singer, aged 43, was shot dead in Rosettenville suburb of Johannesburg [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7052050.stm S African reggae star shot dead] , "BBC News", 19 October 2007,]
* 20 November - Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia, aged 88.

References