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

Incumbents

Nelson Mandela Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (; ; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African Internal resistance to apartheid, anti-apartheid activist who served as the President of South Africa, first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1 ...

.Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Heads of State: 1994-2017
(Accessed on 5 June 2017) *

Deputy President A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on t ...

F.W. de Klerk Frederik Willem de Klerk (, , 18 March 1936 – 11 November 2021) was a South African politician who served as state president of South Africa from 1989 to 1994 and as deputy president from 1994 to 1996 in the democratic government. As South A ...

along with Thabo Mbeki * Chief Justice: Michael Corbett.

Cabinet

The Cabinet, together with the President and the

, forms part of the Executive.

National Assembly

Provincial Premiers

Eastern Cape The Eastern Cape is one of the provinces of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, but its two largest cities are East London and Gqeberha. The second largest province in the country (at 168,966 km2) after Northern Cape, it was formed in ...

Province: Raymond Mhlaba * Free State Province: Mosiuoa Lekota * Gauteng Province: Tokyo Sexwale *

KwaZulu-Natal KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN and known as "the garden province") is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu) and Natal Province were merged. It is locate ...

Province: Frank Mdlalose * Limpopo Province: Ngoako Ramathlodi *

Mpumalanga Mpumalanga () is a province of South Africa. The name means "East", or literally "The Place Where the Sun Rises" in the Swazi, Xhosa, Ndebele and Zulu languages. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, bordering Eswatini and Mozambique. It ...

Province:

Mathews Phosa Nakedi Mathews Phosa (born 1 September 1952) is a South African attorney and politician and was also an anti-apartheid activist. He is a former premier of Mpumalanga as well as a member of the National Executive Committee of the African National ...

* North West Province: Popo Molefe *

Northern Cape The Northern Cape is the largest and most sparsely populated province of South Africa. It was created in 1994 when the Cape Province was split up. Its capital is Kimberley. It includes the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, part of the Kgalagadi T ...

Province:

Manne Dipico Manne Emsley Dipico, first Premier of the Northern Cape Province, South Africa, was born in Kimberley on 21 April 1959. He was appointed Chairman of the Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa (Necsa) in 2006. He is Chairman of Ponahalo Holding ...

* Western Cape Province:

Hernus Kriel Hermanus Jacobus Kriel (14 November 19415 July 2015) was the first Premier of the Western Cape province. He previously served as the Minister of Law and Order in the South African government under Frederik Willem de Klerk. He was born in 1941 in ...

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 – At

Vaal Reefs Vaal Reefs is a gold bearing reef which is mined near the town of Orkney in Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality in the North West province of South Africa. The town of Orkney is home to a large gold mining operation originally owned by An ...

gold mine in

Orkney Orkney (; sco, Orkney; on, Orkneyjar; nrn, Orknøjar), also known as the Orkney Islands, is an archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, situated off the north coast of the island of Great Britain. Orkney is 10 miles (16 km) north ...

, 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. ;June * 6 – The Constitutional Court abolishes capital punishment in the case of ''

S v Makwanyane and Another ''S v Makwanyane and Another'' (CCT 3/94) was a landmark 1995 judgement of the Constitutional Court of South Africa. It established that capital punishment was inconsistent with the commitment to human rights expressed in the Interim Constit ...

''. ;July * 19 – The Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act, No. 34 is signed into law by president

. * 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 Desmond Mpilo Tutu (7 October 193126 December 2021) was a South African Anglican bishop and theologian, known for his work as an anti-apartheid and human rights activist. He was Bishop of Johannesburg from 1985 to 1986 and then Archbishop ...

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 Arno Greeff is a South African actor. On television, he is known for his roles in '' Getroud met rugby: Die Sepie'' (2016–2018), the Netflix series '' Blood & Water'' (2020–), season 2 of ''Legacy'' (2021–), and ''Recipes for Love and Murd ...

, 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 Warrick Wayne Gelant (born 20 May 1995) is a South African professional rugby union player who currently plays for the South Africa national team and in the Top 14. His regular position is fullback, He was a member of the winning Springboks at ...

, rugby player * 25 May – Kagiso Rabada, cricketer * 5 June – Troye Sivan, South African-Australian actor and singer * 12 June –

Claudia Cummins Claudia Cummins (born 12 June 1995) is a South African female artistic gymnast, representing her nation at international competitions. She competed at world championships, including the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 2013 W ...

, artistic gymnast * 28 June – Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, model, Miss Universe 2017 * 21 July –

Armand Joubert Armand Joubert (born 21 July 1995) is a South African singer-songwriter and artist. Born and raised in Witbank, Mpumulanga, he started to sing at the age of five. Joubert participated in The Voice South Africa Season 2, where he was a four-chai ...

, singer-songwriter * 3 August –

Ciara Charteris Ciara Charteris (born 3 August 1995), is a South African-born British producer, writer, activist, and former actress. She is known for her role as Emma Tregirls in the BBC One period drama ''Poldark'' (2017–2018). She co-founded I Am Arla, a s ...

, South African-British actress * 5 August – Jean-Luc du Preez, rugby player * 5 August – Dan du Preez, rugby player * 6 August –

Lynn Kiro Lynn Kiro (born 6 August 1995) is a South African tennis coach and former player. On the ITF Junior Circuit, she achieved her highest ranking of world No. 60 in March 2013. In April 2013, she was South Africa's number-two-ranked female junio ...

, tennis player * 11 August – Brad Binder, motorcycle racer * 29 August –

Ntando Duma Ntando Duma (born August 29, 1995) is a South African actress and television personality. She is best known as a presenter on e.tv's youth programming block ''Craz-e'', where she primarily featured on ''Craz-e World live''. She is also well known ...

, actress and television personality * 30 October –

Anene Booysen Anene Booysen (October 30, 1995 – February 2, 2013) was a 17-year-old girl who was found by a security guard the morning after she had been gang-raped and disemboweled at a construction site in Bredasdorp, in the Western Cape, South Africa ...

, murder victim (d. 2013) * 7 November –

Cameron Coetzer Cameron Coetzer (born 7 November 1995) is a South African badminton player. He competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. Achievements BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 2 runners-up) ''Men's singles'' ...

, badminton player * 20 December –

Aimee van Rooyen Aimee Van Rooyen (born 20 December 1995) is a South African individual rhythmic gymnast. She represents her nation at international competitions. She competed at world championships, including at the 2011 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships. ...

, 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 Harry Lawton Calder (24 January 1901 – 15 September 1995) was named as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1918, then a 17 year old schoolboy. Calder is the youngest person to receive this accolade, one of the game's top honours, and the only Wi ...

, cricketer. (b. 1901)

Sports

Rugby

* 25 May to 24 June – South Africa hosts the

1995 Rugby World Cup The 1995 Rugby World Cup was the third Rugby World Cup. It was hosted and won by South Africa, and was the first Rugby World Cup in which every match was held in one country. The World Cup was the first major sporting event to take place in Sou ...

and wins the final game 15–12 against the New Zealand All Blacks.

References

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