1995 in South Africa explained

The following lists events that happened during 1995 in South Africa.

Incumbents

• President: Nelson Mandela.^[1]
• Deputy President

• Chief Justice: Michael Corbett.

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

See main article: article and Cabinet of Nelson Mandela.

See main article: article and Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (South Africa).

See main article: article and 22nd South African Parliament.

• • Eastern Cape Province: Raymond Mhlaba Free State Province: Mosiuoa Lekota
• Gauteng Province: Tokyo Sexwale
• KwaZulu-Natal Province: Frank Mdlalose
• Limpopo Province: Ngoako Ramathlodi
• Mpumalanga Province: Mathews Phosa
  • North West Province: Popo Molefe Northern Cape Province: Manne Dipico
• Western Cape Province: Hernus Kriel

Events

January

• 10  - General Johan van der Merwe, Police Commissioner of the South African Police Service, resigns and is succeeded by General George Fivaz.
• 25  - South Africa and India sign a number of agreements relating to political, trade, economic, cultural, scientific and technical co-operation.

March

• 27  - Winnie Mandela is dismissed as deputy minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology.
• Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh visit South Africa.

May

• 10  - The Vaal Reefs mining disaster at Vaal Reefs gold mine in Orkney. A runaway locomotive falls into a lift shaft onto an ascending cage and causes it to plunge to the bottom of the deep shaft, killing 104.^{[2] [3]}

June

• 6  - The Constitutional Court abolishes capital punishment in the case of S v Makwanyane and Another.
• 24  - South Africa win the Rugby World Cup over New Zealand with a final score [after extra time] of 15-12.

July

• 19  - The Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act, No. 34 is signed into law by president Nelson Mandela.
• South Africa and India sign an agreement on co-operation in science and technology.

August

• – Serial killer Moses Sithole is arrested for the murders of 38 people.

November

• 29  - Desmond Tutu is appointed chairperson of the 17-member Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) by president Nelson Mandela.

Births

• 8 January  - Kyle Edmund, South African-born British tennis player
• 29 January  - RG Snyman, rugby player
• 14 March  - Arno Greeff, actor
• 19 April  - Madrie Le Roux, tennis player
• 5 May  - Thomas du Toit, rugby player
• 15 May  - Bruce Bvuma, football player
• 20 May  - Warrick Gelant, rugby player
• 25 May  - Kagiso Rabada, cricketer
• 5 June  - Troye Sivan, South African-Australian actor and singer
• 12 June  - Claudia Cummins, artistic gymnast
• 28 June  - Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, model, Miss Universe 2017
• 21 July  - Armand Joubert, singer-songwriter
• 3 August  - Ciara Charteris, South African-British actress
• 5 August  - Jean-Luc du Preez, rugby player
• 5 August  - Dan du Preez, rugby player
• 6 August  - Lynn Kiro, tennis player
• 11 August  - Brad Binder, motorcycle racer
• 29 August  - Ntando Duma, actress and television personality
• 30 October  - Anene Booysen, murder victim (d. 2013)
• 7 November  - Cameron Coetzer, badminton player
• 20 December  - Aimee van Rooyen, rhythmic gymnast

Deaths

• 6 January  - Joe Slovo, activist and politician. (b. 1926)
• 20 June - Harry Gwala, activist and politician. (b. 1920)
• 15 September  - Harry Calder, cricketer. (b. 1901)

Sports

Rugby

• 25 May to 24 June  - South Africa hosts the 1995 Rugby World Cup and wins the final game 15–12 against the New Zealand All Blacks.

Notes and References

1. http://www.archontology.org/nations/south_africa/00_1994_td_s.php Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Heads of State: 1994-2017
2. Web site: Vaal Reefs Tragedy Commemorated. Mining Weekly. 10 May 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073934/http://www.miningweekly.com/print-version/vaal-reefs-tragedy-commemorated-2005-05-10. 4 March 2016.
3. Web site: Locomotive crushes 105 gold miners. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/locomotive-crushes-105-gold-miners-1619145.html . 1 May 2022 . subscription . live. The Independent. 27 August 2014.