2007 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 2007 in South Africa.

Incumbents

 * President: Thabo Mbeki.
 * 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.

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 the People's Republic 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.


 * 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)
 * 20 November – Ian Smith, former Prime Minister of Rhodesia. (b. 1919)
 * 22 November – Reg Park, British bodybuilder, businessman, and actor. (b. 1928)

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.