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

Incumbents

President: Nelson Mandela.^[1]
Deputy President: F.W. de Klerk along with Thabo Mbeki
Chief Justice: Michael Corbett.

Cabinet

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

National Assembly

Provincial Premiers

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 1,500 feet (460 m) to the bottom of the 6,900 feet (2,100 m) deep shaft, killing 104.^[2]^[3]

June

6 – The Constitutional Court abolishes capital punishment in the case of S v Makwanyane and Another.

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.

References

^ Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Heads of State: 1994-2017 (Accessed on 5 June 2017)
^ "Vaal Reefs Tragedy Commemorated". Mining Weekly. 10 May 2005. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
^ "Locomotive crushes 105 gold miners". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2014.

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