1998 in South Africa
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See also: 1997 in South Africa, other events of 1998, 1999 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.
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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
June
- 4 June - Ferdi Barnard, Civil Cooperation Bureau member, receives 2 life sentences plus 63 years in prison for the murder of David Webster
- * 5 June - Thulane Malinga, super middleweight boxer, wins the World Boxing Federation (WBF) title
July
- 16 July - Bulelani Ngcuka is elected as the first National Director of Public Prosecutions
September
- 14 September - Robert McBride, a official in the Department of Foreign Affairs, is conditionally released from prison in Mozambique
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
- 7 May - Allan Cormack (74), physicist, dies of cancer in Massachuetts
- 17 December - Dorothy Nyembe, a political activist passes away
