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15 January – Authorities close theKruger National Park to day visitors due to severe flooding caused by rivers overflowing after days of heavy rain.[3] The government declares a national disaster on 18 January after 30 deaths are reported.[4]
22 January – South Africa announces its withdrawal from engagements of theG20 for the duration of the United States' rotating presidency over the group.[6]
29 January – A truck and a school minibus collide nearDurban, killing 11 people.[8]
30 January – South Africa expels the Israeli charge d’affaires, Ariel Seidman, following the posting of official social media posts insulting President Ramaphosa, and a deliberate failure to inform South Africa of visits by Israeli officials.[9]
4 February –John Steenhuisen announces that he would not stand for reelection as leader of theDemocratic Alliance in a party conference scheduled in April.[11]
6 February – The government announces the resumption of domestic production of vaccines forfoot-and-mouth disease for the first time since 2005.[12]
7 February – South Africa announces the withdrawal of its military contingent from the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO).[13]
9 February – A man is fatally shot inRandburg,Johannesburg, during the filming of a television production linked to an alleged anti-drug operation, leading theSouth African Police Service to open a murder investigation.[16]
