2009 in South Africa

none October 2013 April 2020 2009 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.Cabinet of Kgalema MotlantheFirst Cabinet of Jacob Zuma Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (South Africa) National Assembly 25th South African Parliament 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.http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2458639,00.html Zuma's first court date set 28 January 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090127035625/http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2458639,00.html 27 January 2009 dead 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.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/7812113.stm SA official gunned down BBC 5 March 2010 5 January 2009http://www.sowetan.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=912625 2010 World Cup whistle-blower shot dead 5 February 2009 Sowetan 5 March 2010 June 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes https://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-02-22-anc-in-stadium-cover-up ANC in stadium cover-up 22 February 2008 Mail & Guardian online 5 March 2010http://www.ziwaphi.com/ziwaphi/Dladla_report-Jimmy_Mohlala_vindicated.html Dladla report-Jimmy Mohlala vindicated 22 October 2009 ziwaphi.com 5 March 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110718154504/http://www.ziwaphi.com/ziwaphi/Dladla_report-Jimmy_Mohlala_vindicated.html 18 July 2011 dead 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 https://web.archive.org/web/20090213113317/http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2467744,00.html 13 February 2009 News 24 3 – Convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik is released from prison on medical parole.Shaik released on medical parole https://web.archive.org/web/20090306121528/http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2478896,00.html 6 March 2009 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 https://web.archive.org/web/20090314020850/http://www.news24.com/News24/Elections/News/0,,2-2478-2479_2484184,00.html 14 March 2009 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.Zuma's five minutes to freedom http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=nw20090407111406597C330159 https://web.archive.org/web/20110606113048/http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=nw20090407111406597C330159 6 June 2011 live 21 July 2009 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 https://web.archive.org/web/20090429220718/http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=987793 29 April 2009 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' https://web.archive.org/web/20090430101055/http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2507667,00.html 30 April 2009 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.South Africa: Security Threat Close U.S. Embassy https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/23/world/africa/23briefs-Southafrica.html New York Times 23 September 2009 Bearak Barry 24 – Airlink Flight 8911 crashes shortly after take-off, killing one and injuring three.MEDIA RELEASE: ACCIDENT – AIRLINK FLIGHT Update #2 at 16h30 https://web.archive.org/web/20110719013926/http://www.flyairlink.co.za/download.php?file=docs%2F1253803746%2FDUR%20PZB%2024%20Sept%2009%20doc%20media3.docx&PHPSESSID=27c551fc48ffd340ef04f9a5f236b86b 19 July 2011 December 8 – Serial killer, serial rapist and criminal Ananias Mathe is sentenced to an effective 54 years in prison for various crimes.http://www.news24.com/Content/SouthAfrica/News/1059/a50f99aa9d1649b78436c444b6d1056c/08-12-2009-10-12/Mathe_smiles_after_sentencing Mathe smiles after sentencing 9 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091213045035/http://www.news24.com/Content/SouthAfrica/News/1059/a50f99aa9d1649b78436c444b6d1056c/08-12-2009-10-12/Mathe_smiles_after_sentencing 13 December 2009 dead 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 https://web.archive.org/web/20091016012008/http://www.news24.com/Content/Entertainment/SouthAfrica/1043/26d433a48ce847efb394f150a5fdce2a/13-10-2009-09-19/SA_jazz_legend_dies 16 October 2009 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 thumb|Class 39-200 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 References 30em 2009 in collapsed South Africa Category:Years in South Africa