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.

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Contents 1 Events 1.1 January 1.2 February 1.3 May 1.4 September 1.5 November 1.6 December 2 Sport 2.1 Athletics 2.2 Rugby 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 References

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

September

• 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

Sport

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.

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^[1]
• 20 November - Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia, aged 88.

References

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