2023 in South Africa

2023
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South Africa

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Events in the year 2023 in South Africa.

Incumbents

Cabinet

The Cabinet, together with the President and the Deputy President, forms the Executive.

National Assembly and National Council of Provinces

Provincial Premiers

Events

  • 12 January – A truck crashes into several minibus taxis at an intersection in Roodepoort, Gauteng, killing five people and injuring nine others.
  • 15 January – A light aircraft crashes in Nasrec, Johannesburg, South Africa, killing all three people on board.
  • 27 January – South Africa agrees to send 12 cheetahs to India a year for the next 8 to 10 years to help establish a "viable and secure cheetah population" in the wild. The Asiatic cheetah became extinct in India in the 1940s due to hunting and habitat destruction.
  • 29 January – Eight people are killed and three others are injured in a mass shooting at a birthday party in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape.
  • 5 February – South Africa reports imported cases of cholera in two sisters who travelled to Malawi.
  • 14 February – Twenty people are killed and 68 others injured during a head-on collision between a tour bus and an armoured cash-in-transit van in Makhado, Limpopo.
  • 20 March – South Africa prepares for a "nationwide shutdown" as the military is deployed ahead of protests by the Economic Freedom Fighters.
  • 2 June – In February 2023, South Africa experienced a cholera outbreak that grew from 2 initial cases to 99 confirmed cases in Tshwane over the following months. Jubilee Hospital reported 17 deaths. Efforts to contain the outbreak led to a significant decrease in new cases by June 2023.
  • 5 July – 2023 Boksburg gas leak – 17 people, including three children, died in a suspected gas leak in the Angelo informal settlement in Boksburg. According to emergency services, the leak appeared to be linked to illegal mining activities.
  • 12 July – Six people were shot dead and four wounded in KwaNobuhle, Eastern Cape, after three men entered the yard of a home and opened fire.
  • 19 July – Ramaphosa announces Russian president Vladimir Putin will not physically attend the BRICs summit next month. As a member of the International Criminal Court, South Africa is obligated to arrest Putin if he shows up.
  • 20 July – A suspected underground gas explosion rips open roads and flips vehicles in Johannesburg, killing one and injuring at least 48.
  • 31 August – A large building fire in the central business district of Johannesburg kills at least 73 people.
  • 1 September – Eighteen people are killed during a shootout between robbers and police in Limpopo.
  • 20 September – Three members of the South African Navy are killed and five others are rescued when large waves hit a submarine near Kommetjie, Western Cape.

Holidays

South Africa has 12 public holidays; if a holiday falls on a Sunday, it is celebrated the following Monday.

  • 1 January – New Year's Day
  • 21 March – Human Rights Day
  • 27 April – Freedom Day (National day)
  • 1 May - National Worker's Day
  • 16 June – Youth Day
  • 9 August – National Women's Day
  • 24 September – Heritage Day
  • 16 December - Reconciliation Day
  • 25 December - Christmas Day
  • 26 December - Day of Goodwill

Deaths

  • 10 February: AKA, 35, South African rapper, drive-by shooting.
  • 27 September: Aziz Pahad, 82, South African politician.

See also

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