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Events in the year2019 inSouth Africa.

• President:Cyril Ramaphosa (ANC)
• Deputy President:David Mabuza (ANC)
• Chief Justice:Mogoeng Mogoeng
• Deputy Chief Justice:Raymond Zondo
• President of theSupreme Court of Appeal:Mandisa Maya
• Deputy President of the Supreme Court of Appeal:Jeremiah Shongwe (Acting)
• Chairperson of theElectoral Court of South Africa:Khayelihle Kenneth Mthiyane
• Speaker of the National Assembly:Baleka Mbete (ANC)
• Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly:Lechesa Tsenoli (ANC)
• Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly:Mmusi Maimane (DA)
• Leader of Government Business: David Mabuza (ANC)
• Government Chief Whip (of the National Assembly):Jackson Mthembu (ANC)
• Opposition Chief Whip (of the National Assembly):John Steenhuisen (DA)
• Chairperson of theNational Council of Provinces:Thandi Modise (ANC)
• Deputy Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces:Raseriti Tau (ANC)
• Leader of the Opposition of the National Council of Provinces:Cathlene Labuschagne (DA)
• House Chairperson (of the National Council of Provinces):Archibold Nyambi (ANC) andMasefako Dikgale (ANC)
• Chief Whip (of the National Council of Provinces):Seiso Mohai (ANC)

The Cabinet, together with thePresident and theDeputy President, forms the Executive.

• Eastern Cape Province:Phumulo Masualle (ANC)
• Free State Province:Sisi Ntombela (ANC)
• Gauteng Province:David Makhura (ANC)
• KwaZulu-Natal Province:Willies Mchunu (ANC)
• Limpopo Province:Stanley Mathabatha (ANC)
• Mpumalanga Province:Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane (ANC)
• North West Province:Job Mokgoro (ANC)
• Northern Cape Province:Sylvia Lucas (ANC)
• Western Cape Province:Helen Zille (DA)

The following lists events that happened during2019 in South Africa.

• 3 January – The secondTest match in the series betweenSouth Africa andPakistan takes place inCape Town (Newlands Cricket Ground). South Africa win the match within four days, by 9 wickets. South Africa takes a 2–0 lead in the 3-match Test series.^[1] (Test no.2340^[2])
• 11 January – The third Test match in the series between South Africa and Pakistan takes place inJohannesburg (Wanderers Cricket Stadium). South Africa win the match within four days, by 107 runs. South Africa win the 3-match Test series, 3–0. (Test no.2341^[3])
• 15 January – The commission of inquiry into allegations ofState capture in South Africa (which is led byDeputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo) resumes after the December break.^[4]
• 19 January – The firstOne-Day International (ODI) match in the series between South Africa and Pakistan takes place inPort Elizabeth (St George's Park Cricket Ground). Pakistan win the match with 5 wickets, with 5 balls remaining. Pakistan takes a 0–1 lead in the 5-match ODI series. (ODI no. 4080^[5])
• 22 January – The second ODI match in the series between South Africa and Pakistan takes place inDurban (Kingsmead Cricket Ground). South Africa win the match by 5 wickets, with 48 balls remaining. South Africa levels the 5-match ODI series, 1–1. (ODI no. 4081^[6])
• 25 January – The third ODI match in the series between South Africa and Pakistan takes place inCenturion (SuperSport Park). South Africa win the match by 13 runs (following the Duckworth-Lewis calculation). South Africa takes the lead in the series, 2–1. (ODI no. 4084^[7])
• 27 January – The fourth ODI match in the series between South Africa and Pakistan takes place inJohannesburg (Wanderers Cricket Stadium). Pakistan win the match by 8 wickets, with 111 balls remaining. Pakistan levels the series, 2–2. (ODI no. 4087^[8])
• 30 January – The fifth ODI match in the series between South Africa and Pakistan takes place inCape Town (Newlands Cricket Ground). South Africa win the match by 7 wickets, with 60 balls remaining. South Africa win the 5-match ODI series, 3–2 (ODI no. 4090^[9])

• 1 February – The firstTwenty20 International (T20I) match in the series betweenSouth Africa andPakistan takes place inCape Town (Newlands Cricket Ground). South Africa win the match by 6 runs. South Africa takes a 0–1 lead in the 3-match T20I series. (T20I no. 732^[10])
• 3 February – The second T20I match in the series between South Africa and Pakistan takes place inJohannesburg (Wanderers Cricket Stadium). South Africa win the match by 7 runs. South Africa takes a lead in the series, 2–0. (T20I no. 734^[11])
• 6 February – The third T20I match in the series between South Africa and Pakistan takes place inCenturion (SuperSport Park). Pakistan win the match by 27 runs. South Africa win the 3-match T20I series, 2–1 (T20I no. 736^[12])
• 7 February –President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers his secondState of the Nation Address (SoNA) to a Joint Sitting of theNational Assembly and theNational Council of Provinces on at 7 pm (19:00). This is also the final SoNA of thecurrent administration, before theNational Elections^[13][14][15]
• 13 February – The firstTest match in the series betweenSouth Africa andSri Lanka takes place inDurban (Kingsmead Cricket Ground). Sri Lanka win the match within four days, by 1 wicket. Sri Lanka takes a 1–0 lead in the 2-match Test series. (Test no. 2347^[16])
• 21 February – The second Test match in the series between South Africa and Sri Lanka takes place inPort Elizabeth (St George's Park Cricket Ground). Sri Lanka win the match within three days, by 8 wickets. Sri Lanka win the 2-match Test series, 2–0. (Test no. 2358^[17])

• 10 March – 2019Cape Town Cycle Tour: The world's largest organised cycle race with over 35,000 participants is held; Tyler Lange wins the event.^[18]
• 14-20 March –Cyclone Idai causes severe flooding inMozambique and neighbouring countries including South Africa. Over 2.6 million people are affected, with South Africa aiding rescue efforts.^[19]
• 25 March – Foreign truck drivers nearDurban are attacked by locals opposing their employment; oneZimbabwean driver, Tinei Takawira, is stabbed while police fail to intervene.^[20]

• 7 April – A foreign truck driver inDurban is severely injured after agasoline bomb was thrown at his vehicle.^[20]
• 19 April – TheTwo Oceans Marathon 2019 takes place inCape Town, drawing over 30,000 participants to what has been described as one of the world's most scenicultramarathons.^[21]
• 24 April –Floods andmudslides inKwaZulu-Natal kill 60 people and leave1,000 homeless, with widespread damage to roads and buildings.^[22]

• 11 May – TheAfrican National Congress win the elections with 57.5%, its worst result but securing a sixth term.^[23]
• 18 May – AZimbabwean truck driver is assaulted with stones near Mooi River on theN3 Highway, suffering serious facial injuries.^[20]
• 25 May –Zeitz MOCAA host theAfrica Day celebrations inCape Town with school choir performances, live music, storytelling, and free admission for children.^[24]

• 9 June –Comrades marathon: Edward Mothibi wins the 2019 edition.^[25]
• 22 June – About 60 men claiming to be ATDF members block theR544 road nearWitbank, forcing foreign truck drivers to abandon their vehicles or unload cargo.^[20]
• 27 June –National Arts Festival inGrahamstown: Artists such asAmy Jephta, Kitty Phetla, and Mandla Mlangeni attend. Visual artistBerni Searle is the 2019 Featured Artist.^[18]

• 20 July – TheCape Town Festival of Running marks its 21st edition atSea Point Promenade, featuring relay, marathon, and ultra-distance races.^[26]

• 19 August – Cecilia Steyn, Marcel Steyn and Zak Valentine, three members of a religious group called Electus per Deus (Chosen by God), receive multiple life sentences atGauteng High Court inJohannesburg. Between 2012 and 2016 they killed eleven people in and aroundKrugersdorp, including Valentine's wife.^[27]
• 21 August – South Africa bans itsformer national flag from 1928 to 1994 for being a symbol ofapartheid andwhite supremacy, and ishate speech if displayed in public.^[28]
• 23 August – The Magalies Rocks The Cradle music festival takes place inMagaliesburg,Gauteng.^[29]

• 1-11 September –Xenophobic violence in South Africa kills at least 12, displaced thousands, and leads to over 600 arrests. The attacks are condemned, andrepatriations organized.^[30]
• 2 – 6 –Large protests against gender-based violence and femicide occur after the news of studentUyinene Mrwetyana's death.^[31][32]

• 18-23 October –2019 African Netball Championships was held in South Africa and hosts South Africa were adjudged the winners of the tournament.^[33][34]
• 29 October – TheSouth African Parliament revives the International Crimes Bill aimed at withdrawingSouth Africa from theInternational Criminal Court.^[35]

• 2 November – South Africa were crowned world champions defeating England 32–12 in thefinal of the2019 Rugby World Cup.^[36][37]

• 8 December -Miss South Africa 2019,Zozibini Tunzi is crownedMiss Universe 2019 atTyler Perry Studios inAtlanta,Georgia, United States. It was South Africa's third win after the recent victory ofDemi-Leigh Nel-Peters in 2017. Tunzi was the first black woman winner sinceLeila Lopes was crowned in 2011, and South Africa's 1st black winner of an international pageant.

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• 5 January –Dan Tshanda, 54, musician (Splash).^[38]
• 6 January –Johan Claassen, rugby union player and coach (national team) (b. 1929).^[39]
• 13 January –Phil Masinga, footballer (b. 1969).^[40]
• 16 January –Hugh Lewin, anti-apartheid activist and writer (b. 1939).^[41]
• 20 January –Dumisani Kumalo, politician and diplomat,UN ambassador (b. 1947).^[42]
• 10 February –Terry Dempsey, songwriter (b. 1941).^[43]
• 17 February –Kelly Seymour, cricketer (b. 1936).^[44]
• 18 February –Wim Richter, chemist (b. 1946).^[45]
• 23 February –Dorothy Masuka, jazz singer (b. 1935).^[46]
• 24 February –Dame Margaret Scott, ballet dancer (b. 1922).^[47]
• 19 March –Arthur Bartman, footballer (b. 1972).^[48]
• 12 June –Thandi Brewer, filmmaker.^[49]
• 13 July –Isaac Lesiba Maphotho, South African anti-apartheid activist. (b. 1931)
• 15 July –Marc Batchelor, South African footballer (b. 1970)^[50][51]
• 16 July –Johnny Clegg, musician (b. 1953)^[52]
• 24 August –Uyinene Mrwetyana, student (b. 2000)
• 1 November –Thuliswa Nkabinde-Khawe, politician (b. 1973)
• 14 November – KingZwelonke Sigcawu, South African royal,King of theXhosa people (since 2006).^[53] (b. 1968)
• 9 December –Ben Turok, anti-apartheid activist (b. 1927)

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