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2008 in South AfricaSee also:2007 in South Africa,other events of 2008,2009 in South Africa,Timeline of South African history.-----January:* 12 January - Jackie Selebi is suspended as South Africa's National Police Commissioner as the National Prosecuting Authority states that they will bring charges against him for...
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other events of 2009,
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February
- February 4 - Jacob Zuma
Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma is the President of South Africa, elected by parliament following his party's victory in the 2009 general election....
appeared in the PietermaritzburgPietermaritzburg is the capital and second largest city of the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. It was founded in 1838. Its "purist" Zulu name is umGungundlovu, as seen in the name of its municipality, although it is popularly called Maritzburg in English and Zulu alike, and abbreviated PMB...
High Court.
- February 11 - Trevor Manuel
Trevor Andrew Manuel is a South African politician, currently serving in the Cabinet of South Africa as Minister in the Presidency in charge of the National Planning Commission...
releases the 2009-2010 budget.
- February 11 - For the first time in South Africa, court proceedings in a trial are conducted entirely in isiZulu in the municipality of Msinga
Umzinyathi is one of the 11 district municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The seat of Umzinyathi is Dundee. The majority of its 456 452 people speak IsiZulu...
. The proceedings are part of a pilot project to offer "access to justice for all".
March
- March 3 - South African holidaymakers will need visas to enter the United Kingdom.
- March 3 - Convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik
Schabir Shaik is a South African businessman from the Berea, Durban, who rose to prominence due to his close association with South African President Jacob Zuma during his time as Deputy President...
has been released from jail on medical parole.
- March 4 - The 14th Dalai Lama
Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso is the 14th Dalai Lama, a spiritual leader revered among the people of Tibet. He is the head of the government-in-exile based in Dharamshala, India...
's visa application to enter South Africa is refused.
- March 12- The Constitutional Court ruled that registered voters living overseas can vote for the National Assembly in the April 22 elections.
April
- April 7 - All charges against Jacob Zuma
Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma is the President of South Africa, elected by parliament following his party's victory in the 2009 general election....
and French arms manufacturer, Thint, over the South African arms dealThe South African Arms Deal was a US$4,8 billion purchase of weaponry by the South African Government finalised in 1999 which has been subject to allegations of corruption....
are officially withdrawn in the Durban High Court .
- April 22 - The 2009 national and provincial elections
South Africa held national and provincial elections to elect a new National Assembly as well as the provincial legislature in each province on 22 April 2009....
are held.
- April 25 - The Independent Electoral Commission publishes the elections results, (The ANC
The African National Congress has been South Africa's governing party, supported by its tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party , since the establishment of non-racial democracy in April 1994. It defines itself as a "disciplined...
won 65.9% of the vote, The DAThe Democratic Alliance is a South African political party, the governing party in the Western Cape province, and the official opposition to the ruling African National Congress. The party was formed when the Democratic Party entered into a short-lived alliance with the New National Party and a...
won 16.66%).
May
- May 6 - South African presidential election
An indirect presidential election was held in South Africa on 6 May 2009 following the general election on 22 April 2009. Jacob Zuma of the ruling African National Congress won the election with 277 votes , while Mvume Dandala of the Congress of the People got 47 votes...
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July
- July 18 - First Mandela Day
On April 27, 2009, 46664 and the Nelson Mandela Foundation invited the global community to join them in support of an official Mandela Day. Mandela Day is not meant as a public holiday, but as a day to honor the legacy of Nelson Mandela, South Africa's former President and his values through...
organised on Nelson MandelaNelson Rolihlahla Mandela is a former President of South Africa, the first to be elected in a fully representative democratic election, who held office from 1994–99. Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of the African National Congress's armed wing Umkhonto...
's 91st Birthday.
- July 19 - Gill Marcus
Gill Marcus is the incoming Governor of the South African Reserve Bank. She will succeed Tito Mboweni on 9 November 2009, and will become the ninth governor and the first woman to hold the position.-Early Years:...
is appointed Governor of the South African Reserve BankThe South African Reserve Bank is the central bank of South Africa. It was established in 1921 after Parliament passed an act, the "Currency and Bank Act of 10 August 1920," as a direct result of the abnormal monetary and financial conditions which World War I had brought...
by Jacob ZumaJacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma is the President of South Africa, elected by parliament following his party's victory in the 2009 general election....
to replace Tito MboweniTito Mboweni is the eighth Governor of the South African Reserve Bank. He succeeded Dr. Christian Lodewyk Stals on the 8 August 1999 and will be succeeded by Gill Marcus who will replace him as Governor from 9 November 2009....
on 9 November.
September
- 22-24 September The United States Embassy and other US government facilities in South Africa are closed because of unspecified security concerns
- 22 September - Jacob Zuma
Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma is the President of South Africa, elected by parliament following his party's victory in the 2009 general election....
, President of South AfricaThe President of the Republic of South Africa is the head of state and head of government under South Africa's Constitution. From 1961 to 1994, the head of state was called the State President....
meets with the Paramount leaderParamount Leader , in modern Chinese political science, unofficially refers to the political leader of the People's Republic of China who holds absolute influences over culture, media, or controls the three branches of the Chinese political system Paramount Leader ' onMouseout='HidePop("50843")' href="http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/People's_Republic_of_China">People's Republic of China
The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the most populous in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately one-fifth of the world's population...
Hu JintaoHu Jintao is currently the Paramount Leader of the People's Republic of China, holding the titles of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China since 2002, President of the People's Republic of China since 2003, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission since 2004, succeeding Jiang...
in
New YorkNew York is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous. The state is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
to deepen bilateral relations
January
- January 1 - Helen Suzman
Dame Helen Suzman, DBE was a South African anti-apartheid activist and politician.-Biography:Helen Suzman, a native and life-long citizen of South Africa, was born as Helen Gavronsky in 1917 to immigrants....
, Anti-apartheid activist and politician (b. 1917)
April
- April 6 - Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri
Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri was a South African politician. She was the country's Minister of Communications from 1999 until her death....
, South African politician, Minister of CommunicationsThe Minister of Communications is a Minister in the Government of South Africa, who is responsible for overseeing the Department of Communications.-External links:**...
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