1999 in South Africa

Incumbents

• President:
• * Nelson Mandela.
• * Thabo Mbeki.
• Deputy President: Thabo Mbeki, Jacob Zuma.
• Chief Justice: Ismail Mahomed.

  Events

• 14 - South African Police Service Captain Bennie Lategan who was investigating People Against Gangsterism and Drugs is killed in a drive-by-shooting in Cape Town.
• 27 - Controversial youth drama series, Yizo Yizo debuts on SABC 1.

• 20 - The Azanian People's Liberation Army, the military wing of the Pan Africanist Congress, disbands.
• 24 - Allan Boesak, former Director of the Foundation for Peace and Justice, is sentenced to 8 years in prison for fraud.
• 31 - The Durban High Court finds Sipho Thwala guilty of 16 murders and 10 rapes and sentences him to 506 years in prison.

• 20 - Judge Edwin Cameron, high court judge and human rights advocate, announces that he is HIV positive.
• 23 - Makhaya Ntini, cricketer, is found guilty of raping a student.

• 29 - Cathy O'Dowd becomes the first woman to summit Mount Everest from both the north and south sides.

• 2 - The second democratic elections take place and is won by the African National Congress.
• 10 - George Bizos is awarded the Order for Meritorious Service, Class II, by President Nelson Mandela.
• 16 - Thabo Mbeki becomes the second President of South Africa.
• Watershed are signed to EMI Music South Africa and begin recording their first album In the Meantime.

• 2 - A South African Air Force Alouette III helicopter crashes near Port Elizabeth, killing pilot Major K.A. Newman and seriously injuring two crew members.

• 22 - Henry Navigator, a 13,000 ton Cyprus bulk carrier, sinks off Bok Point about 35 km north of Cape Town.
• 23 - A South African Air Force Oryx helicopter crashes near Kroonstad, killing 10 people and injuring 14 others.
• Queen Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh visit South Africa.
• The Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park is declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

• 3 - Government signs the final purchasing agreement in the arms deal and the loan agreement to pay for the equipment is signed by Finance Minister Trevor Manuel.

• Statistics South Africa conducts a Survey of Activities of Young People.

  Births

• 2 April - Elaine, singer and songwriter
• Masego Kgomo, muti murder victim.

  Deaths

• 10 January - Gavin Relly, businessman and Chairman of Anglo American.
• 26 May David Millin, 78, movie director, producer, and cinematographer
• 27 July - Simon "Mahlathini" Nkabinde, mbaqanga singer
• 15 November - Pieter van der Byl, politician