2007 in South Africa

	2007 in South Africa
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Timeline of South African history

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 Namibiabut face

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

2007 in Africa Sovereign states Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe States with limited recognition Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland Dependencies and other territories Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)