The following lists events that happened during 2007 in South Africa.
Incumbents President: Thabo Mbeki.Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Heads of State: 1994-2017 (Accessed on 5 June 2017) Deputy President: Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka. Chief Justice: Pius Langa.
Cabinet The Cabinet, together with the President and the Deputy President, forms part of the Executive.
National Assembly
Provincial Premiers Eastern Cape Province: Nosimo Balindlela Free State Province: Beatrice Marshoff Gauteng Province: Mbhazima Shilowa KwaZulu-Natal Province: S'bu Ndebele Limpopo Province: Sello Moloto Mpumalanga Province: Thabang Makwetla North West Province: Edna Molewa Northern Cape Province: Elizabeth Dipuo Peters Western Cape Province: Ebrahim Rasool
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 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. 7 – Nationwide Airlines Flight 723 performs an emergency landing at Cape Town International Airport, South Africa, because the right-side engine detached from the aircraft. All 112 occupants survive.
December 18 – Jacob Zuma is elected chairman of the African National Congress.
Births 16 February – Stacey Fru, writer
Deaths 4 January – Marais Viljoen, former State President. (b. 1915) 9 January – Elmer Symons, motorcyclist. (b. 1977) 18 March – Bob Woolmer, Proteas cricket coach from 1994 to 1999. (b. 1948) 11 July – William Flynn, actor and comedian, (b. 1948) 1 August – Ryan Cox, professional road racing cyclist (b. 1979) 10 September – Stanley Nadas, (b.1949) 18 October – Lucky Dube, reggae singer. (b. 1964)BBC News, Friday, 19 October 2007 - Shock at SA reggae star shooting 20 November – Ian Smith, former Prime Minister of Rhodesia. (b. 1919) 22 November – Reg Park, British bodybuilder, businessman, and actor. (b. 1928)
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.
See also 2007 in South African television
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