1998 in South Africa

none January 2020 December 2013 1998 The following events happened in South Africa in the year 1998. Incumbents President: Nelson Mandela.Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Heads of State: 1994-2017 (Accessed on 5 June 2017) Deputy President: Thabo Mbeki. Chief Justice: vacant then Ismail Mahomed. Cabinet The Cabinet, together with the President and the Deputy President, forms part of the Executive.Cabinet of Nelson Mandela Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (South Africa) National Assembly 22nd South African Parliament Provincial Premiers Eastern Cape Province: Makhenkesi Stofile Free State Province: Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri Gauteng Province: Tokyo Sexwale (until 19 January), Mathole Motshekga (since 19 January) KwaZulu-Natal Province: Ben Ngubane Limpopo Province: Ngoako Ramathlodi Mpumalanga Province: Mathews Phosa North West Province: Popo Molefe Northern Cape Province: Manne Dipico Western Cape Province: Hernus Kriel (until 11 May), Gerald Morkel (since 11 May) Events January 3 – Six policemen from the North East Rand Dog Unit set their dogs on three suspected illegal immigrants, allowing the animals to savage the three men while the officers hurl racial insults.Police jailed over dog attack http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/africa/11/29/police.court/index.html CNN 29 November 2001 30 August 2007 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071022160117/http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/africa/11/29/police.court/index.html 22 October 2007 Racist, barbaric incident leaves SA shellshocked http://www.queensu.ca/samp/migrationresources/xenophobia/articles/racist.htm Zimbabwe Mirror Tendai Dumbutshena 17 November 2000 30 August 2007 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080603013811/http://www.queensu.ca/samp/migrationresources/xenophobia/articles/racist.htm 3 June 2008 March 9 – Robert McBride, official in the Department of Foreign Affairs, is arrested for gun smuggling by the Mozambican police. 18 – A recently restored South African Air Force Museum ex-Rhodesian Air Force Percival Provost Mk 52 crashes. Denel Aviation test pilot Rick Culpan dies from his injuries four days later. 21 – The Socialist Party of Azania (SOPA) is founded. May 19 – Voortrekkerhoogte is renamed Thaba Tshwane. June 4 – Ferdi Barnard, Civil Cooperation Bureau member, receives 2 life sentences plus 63 years in prison for the murder of David Webster. July 7 – Theuns Swanepoel, the "Rooi Rus" policeman who gave the order to open fire on Soweto uprising rioters, dies without confessing.http://www.independent.ie/world-news/south-africas-torturer-dies-without-confessing-26180423.html South Africa's torturer dies without confessing Highly acclaimed South African Soap opera Isidingo debuts on SABC 3. 16 – Bulelani Ngcuka is elected as the first National Director of Public Prosecutions. August 21 – President Nelson Mandela calls for a summit over the Congo conflict, inviting the leaders of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Uganda and Zimbabwe to attend.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/155956.stm Mandela calls summit over Congo 21 August 1998 8 February 2015 25 – A pipe bomb explodes at Cape Town's Victoria & Alfred Waterfront's Planet Hollywood restaurant, seriously injuring 26 people of which two later die in hospital. September 3 – South Africa supports the intervention in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Namibia, Zimbabwe and Angola in support of Kabila.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/163864.stm South Africa shifts position on Congo 3 September 1998 8 February 2015 14 – Robert McBride is conditionally released from prison in Mozambique. 16 – A South African Air Force Impala Mk I crashes at AFB Bloemspruit. October 1 – e.tv is launched. 9 – The Constitutional Court invalidates the sodomy laws in the case of National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality and Another v Minister of Justice and Others. 29 – Nelson Mandela receives the Truth and Reconciliation report. December 10 – South Africa opposes the Congo talks set in Zambia the following week.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/232349.stm South Africa opposes Congo talks 10 December 1998 8 February 2015 Rock band Watershed is discovered by Sivan Pillay in Times Square, Sandton. Unknown date The Black Tie Ensemble is founded by Mimi Coertse and Neels Hansen. Births 20 February - Gabriela Salgado, soccer player 7 May - Damian Willemse, rugby player 1 July - Linda Motlhalo, soccer player 19 July – Lasizwe Dambuza, media personality 2 September – Ama Qamata, actress 21 November - Tumi Sekhukhune, cricket player Deaths 22 February – Athol Rowan, cricketer. (b. 1921) 22 April – Kitch Christie, Springbok rugby coach. (b. 1940) 7 May – Allan McLeod Cormack, physicist and Nobel laureate. (b. 1924) 8 June – Jackie McGlew, cricketer. (b. 1929) 21 September – Frederick Samuel Modise, leader of IPHC (b. 1914)http://artsweb.bham.ac.uk/aanderson/Publications/frederick_modise_and_the_interna.htm FREDERICK MODISE AND THE INTERNATIONAL PENTECOST CHURCH October 2, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141002090423/http://artsweb.bham.ac.uk/aanderson/Publications/frederick_modise_and_the_interna.htm October 2, 2014 Sports Boxing 5 June – Thulani Malinga, super middleweight boxer, wins the World Boxing Federation (WBF) title. Soccer Bafana Bafana participate in their first ever FIFA World Cup hosted in France, eventually being eliminated in the group stages. Cricket The South Africa national cricket team wins the 1998 ICC KnockOut Trophy (now ICC Champions Trophy), which is the only ICC trophy the country has won till date. References 30em 1998 in collapsed South Africa Category:Years in South Africa