1998 in South Africa

See also: 1997 in South Africa, other events of 1998, 1999 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.

Events

March

• 9 March – Robert McBride, a official in the Department of Foreign Affairs is arrested by the Mozambican police in Ressano Garcia, Mozambique for gun smuggling
• 19 March – Makhaya Ntini becomes the first black person to represent South Africa in a five-day test cricket match
• 21 March – The Socialist Party of Azania (SOPA) is started

July

• 16 July – Bulelani Ngcuka is elected as the first National Director of Public Prosecutions

Unknown date

• The Black Tie Ensemble is founded Mimi Coertse and Neels Hansen

Births

Deaths

• 4 May – Worsie Visser (35), singer, is killed when his plane crashes at Saldanha Bay, Western Cape
• 17 December – Dorothy Nyembe, a political activist passes away