- 1998 in South Africa
"See also:"
1997 in South Africa ,
other events of 1998,1998 in South African sport ,1999 in South Africa and theTimeline of South African history .----
Events
January
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3 January - Six policemen from theNorth East Rand Dog Unit set their dogs on three suspected illegal immigrants, allowing the animals to savage the three men as the officers hurled racial insults. The incident was caught on video and televised nationally on Nov. 7,2000 , causing widespread outrage. All six policemen were ultimately sentenced to jail terms of between four and five years each. [cite news | title = Police jailed over dog attack |url = http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/africa/11/29/police.court/index.html | publisher = CNN | author = CNN News | date = 2001-11-29 | accessdate = 2007-08-30 ] [cite news | title = Racist, barbaric incidnt leaves SA shellshocked |url = http://www.queensu.ca/samp/migrationresources/xenophobia/articles/racist.htm | publisher = Zimbabwe Mirror | author = Tendai Dumbutshena | date = 2000-11-17 | accessdate = 2007-08-30 ]March
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9 March -Robert McBride , an official in the Department of Foreign Affairs is arrested by the Mozambican police inRessano Garcia ,Mozambique for gun smuggling
*18 March - An ex-Rhodesian Royal Air Force Percival Provost Mk 52, which had only recently been restored to flying condition by the South African Air Force Museum. The pilot, Rick Culpan who was a test pilot for Denel Aviation, dies 4 days later from his injuries.
*21 March - TheSocialist Party of Azania (SOPA) is startedMay
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19 May - Voortrekkerhoogte is renamedThaba Tshwane June
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4 June -Ferdi Barnard ,Civil Cooperation Bureau member, receives 2 life sentences plus 63 years in prison for the murder of David Webster
* *5 June -Thulane Malinga ,super middleweight boxer, wins theWorld Boxing Federation (WBF) titleJuly
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16 July -Bulelani Ngcuka is elected as the first National Director of Public ProsecutionsAugust
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25 August - Apipe bomb explodes atCape Town 'sVictoria & Alfred Waterfront 'sPlanet Hollywood restaurant seriously injuring 26 people which two later died in hospitaleptember
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14 September -Robert McBride , an official in the Department of Foreign Affairs, is conditionally released from prison inMozambique
*16 September - ASouth African Air Force Impala I crashes atAFB Bloemspruit December
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Sivan Pillay discovers SA Rock band Watershed in Times SquareSandton Unknown date
* The Black Tie Ensemble is founded
Mimi Coertse andNeels Hansen port
Athletics
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February 22 –Frank Pooe wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:13:09 inPinelands .Births
Deaths
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22 April –Kitch Christie (58), rugby coach who led the Springboks to victory in the1995 Rugby World Cup (leukemia)
*4 May -Worsie Visser (35), singer, is killed when his plane crashes atSaldanha Bay ,Western Cape
*7 May - Allan Cormack (74),physicist , dies of cancer inMassachusetts
*17 December -Dorothy Nyembe , a political activist passes awayReferences
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