1995 in South Africa
# 1995 in South Africa

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

## Incumbents

* President: Nelson Mandela.
* 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.

### 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.

### 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.
