1996 in South Africa

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See also: 1995 in South Africa, other events of 1996, 1997 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.

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Contents 1 Events 1.1 January 1.2 February 1.3 May 1.4 April 1.5 June 1.6 July 1.7 August 1.8 September 1.9 October 1.10 November 1.11 December 1.12 Unknown date 2 Births 3 Deaths

Events

January

• 13 January - The South Africa national football team beats the Cameroon national football team 3-0 at Soccer City, Johannesburg, in the African Nations Cup
• 20 January - The South Africa national football team beats the Angola national football team 1-0 at Soccer City, Johannesburg, in the African Nations Cup
• 24 January - The South Africa national football team loses to the Egypt national football team 0-1 at Soccer City, Johannesburg, in the African Nations Cup
• 27 January - The South Africa national football team beats the Algeria national football team 2-1 at Soccer City, Johannesburg, in the African Nations Cup
• 31 January - The South Africa national football team beats the Ghana national football team 3-0 at Soccer City, Johannesburg, in the African Nations Cup

February

• 3 February - The South Africa national football team beats the Tunisia national football team 2-0 and wins the 1996 at African Nations Cup at Soccer City, Johannesburg

May

• 2 May - South Africa and China exchange letters granting each other most-favoured-nation status
• 8 May - South Africa's new constitution is adopted by the Constitutional Assembly

April

• 15 April - The Truth and Reconciliation Commission starts its first formal hearings
• 24 April - The South Africa national football team loses to the Brazil national football team 2-3 at Soccer City, Johannesburg, in friendly match

June

• 1 June - The South Africa national football team beats the Malawi national football team 1-0 at Chicheri Stadium, Blantyre, Malawi in the World Cup qualifiers
• 15 June - The South Africa national football team beats the Malawi national football team 3-0 at Soccer City, Johannesburg, in the World Cup qualifiers
• 19 June - Roberto Robaina, Cuban Foreign Minister visits South Africa

July

• 2 July - The South Africa national rugby union team beats the Fiji national rugby union team in Pretoria 43-18

August

• Mimi Coertse receives the highest accolade an artist can receive from the Austrian Government, the Oesterreichishe Ehrenkreuz für Wissenschaft und Kunst

September

• 6 September - The Constitutional Court delivers judgement on the new constitution
• 11 September - A mining agreement on wages and working conditions is signed between the Chamber of Mines and the National Union of Mineworkers
• 14 September - The South Africa national football team beats the Kenya national football team 1-0 at King's Park Rugby Stadium, Durban in the Simba Cup
• 18 September - The South Africa national football team beats the Australia national football team 2-0 at Johannesburg Stadium in the Simba Cup
• 21 September - The South Africa national football team draws with the Ghana national football team 0-0 at Loftus Versfeld Rugby Stadium, Pretoria in the Simba Cup

October

• 11 October - The constitution is amended by the Constitutional Assembly

November

• 9 November - The South Africa national football team beats the Zaire national football team 1-0 at Soccer City, Johannesburg, in the World Cup qualifiers

December

• 10 December - The new constitution is signed into law

Unknown date

• Trevor Manuel is appointed Minister of Finance

Births

Deaths

• 16 December - Laurens van der Post, author, farmer, war hero, political adviser, educator, journalist, humanitarian, philosopher, explorer, and conservationist, dies at the age of 90