The following lists events that happened during 2009 in South Africa.

Incumbents President: Kgalema Motlanthe (until 8 May).Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Heads of State: 1994-2017 (Accessed on 5 June 2017) Jacob Zuma (from 9 May). Deputy President: Baleka Mbete (until 9 May), Kgalema Motlanthe (starting 9 May). Chief Justice: Pius Langa then Sandile Ngcobo.

Cabinet The Cabinet, together with the President and the Deputy President, forms part of the Executive.

National Assembly

Provincial Premiers Eastern Cape Province: Mbulelo Sogoni (until 6 May), Noxolo Kiviet (since 6 May) Free State Province: Beatrice Marshoff (until 6 May), Ace Magashule (since 6 May) Gauteng Province: Paul Mashatile (until 6 May), Nomvula Mokonyane (since 6 May) KwaZulu-Natal Province: S'bu Ndebele (until 6 May), Zweli Mkhize (since 6 May) Limpopo Province: Sello Moloto (until 3 March), Cassel Mathale (since 3 March) Mpumalanga Province: Thabang Makwetla (until 10 May), David Mabuza (since 10 May) North West Province: Edna Molewa (until 6 May), Maureen Modiselle (since 6 May) Northern Cape Province: Elizabeth Dipuo Peters (until 6 May), Hazel Jenkins (since 6 May) Western Cape Province: Lynne Brown (until 6 May), Helen Zille (since 6 May)

Events

January 8 – The 97th Anniversary of the ANC is celebrated.

February 4 – Jacob Zuma appears in the Pietermaritzburg High Court. 4 – Jimmy Mohlala, Mbombela Local Council Municipality speaker who had been asked to resign by the ANC following a whistle-blower act which saw Municipal manager Jacob Dladla suspended, is shot dead in his Nelspruit home. His 19-year-old son is wounded in the attack. 11 – Trevor Manuel presents the 2009–2010 budget.Manuel to Avoid Spending Surge in His Last South African Budget 11 – For the first time in South Africa, court proceedings in a trial are conducted entirely in isiZulu in the municipality of Msinga. The proceedings are part of a pilot project to offer "access to justice for all".Rural court set to make history.

March 3 – South African holidaymakers need visas to enter the United Kingdom.New SA passport too late for UK News 24 3 – Convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik is released from prison on medical parole.Shaik released on medical parole News 24 4 – The 14th Dalai Lama's visa application to enter South Africa is refused. 12 – The Constitutional Court rules that registered voters living overseas can vote for the National Assembly in the 22 April elections.Expats will be allowed to vote News 24

April 7 – All charges against Jacob Zuma and French arms manufacturer Thint over the South African arms deal are officially withdrawn in the Durban High Court. 22 – The 2009 national and provincial elections are held. 25 – The Independent Electoral Commission publishes the elections results. The ANC won 65.9% of the vote, The DA won 16.66%.South Africa’s official election results The Times

May 6 – Jacob Zuma is elected president in the South African presidential election.

June 14 to 28 – The 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup takes place in South Africa and is won by Brazil, with the United States as the runner-up.

July 18 – The first Mandela Day is organised on Nelson Mandela's 91st Birthday.Calls for global 'Mandela Day' News 24 19 – Gill Marcus is appointed Governor of the South African Reserve Bank by Jacob Zuma, to replace Tito Mboweni on 9 November.

September 22 – President Jacob Zuma meets with the Paramount leader of the People's Republic of China Hu Jintao in New York. 22–24 – The United States Embassy and other US government facilities in South Africa are closed because of unspecified security concerns. 24 – Airlink Flight 8911 crashes shortly after take-off, killing one and injuring three.MEDIA RELEASE: ACCIDENT – AIRLINK FLIGHT Update #2 at 16h30

December 8 – Serial killer, serial rapist and criminal Ananias Mathe is sentenced to an effective 54 years in prison for various crimes. 12 – The Miss World 2009 pageant takes place Johannesburg. 13 – The Miss South Africa 2009 pageant takes place at Sun City.

Deaths 1 January – Helen Suzman, activist and politician. (b. 1917) 11 January – Ludumo Galada, boxer. (b. 1982) 6 April – Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, politician. (b. 1937) 13 October – Winston Mankunku Ngozi, musician. (b. 1943)SA jazz legend dies News 24 19 September 2009 3 December – Curtis Nkondo, activist, educator, politician and ambassador. (b. 1928)Struggle veteran Nkondo dies 16 December – Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, politician. (b. 1940)"Manto Tshabalala-Msimang has died", Times, 16 December 2000. 31 December – Masego Kgomo, murder victim. (b. c. 1999)

Railways

Locomotives Two new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on Transnet Freight Rail (TFR): The first of fifty Class 39-200 Electro-Motive Diesel type GT26CU-3 diesel-electric locomotives, built at the Transnet Rail Engineering shops in Koedoespoort.Railways Africa, 12 Dec 2008: The Class 39 DieselsFinal 39-200 Rolls Out Railways Africa, 6 April 2010 The first of 110 new Class 19E dual voltage 3 kV DC and 25 kV AC electric locomotives on the Coalink line from Ermelo to Richards Bay.Railways Africa, 29 Aug 2008: First 19E LocoTFR Class 19E Test Train / Information South African Railway News, 9 April 2009 TFR begins rebuilding Class 6E1, Series 2 to 8 locomotives to Class 18E, Series 2 locomotives.Information gathered from the rebuild files of individual locomotives at Transnet Rail Engineering’s Koedoespoort shops

See also 2009 in South African television

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