1999 in South Africa

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	1999 in South Africa
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	1999 in South African sport
Years in South Africa

Events

• 20 March – The Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA), the underground military wing of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), disbands
• 24 March – Allan Boesak, former Director of the Foundation for Peace and Justice, is sentenced to 8 years in prison for fraud
• 31 March – Durban High Court finds Sipho Thwala guilty of 16 murders and 10 rapes, and sentences him to 506 years in prison
• 20 April – Judge Edwin Cameron, a high court judge and human rights advocate, announces that he is HIV positive
• 23 April – Makhaya Ntini, a cricketer, is found guilty of raping a student
• 2 June – The second democratic elections is held and is won by the African National Congress
• 10 June – George Bizos is awarded the Order for Meritorious Service Class II medal from President Nelson Mandela
• 16 June – Thabo Mbeki becomes the 2nd President of South Africa
• 6 months after discovery by Sivan Pillay (EMI), Watershed are officially signed to major label EMI Music South Africa and begin recording their first album In the Meantime
• 2 September – A South African Air Force Alouette III helicopter crashes near Port Elizabeth killing the pilot Major KA Newman and seriously injuring two crew members
• 22 October – Henry Navigator, a 13,000 gross tonnage Cyprus bulk carrier, sinks off Bok Point about 35 km north of Cape Town
• 23 October – A South African Air Force Oryx helicopter crashes near Kroonstad killing 10 people and injuring 14 others
• Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh visit South Africa
• The Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park is declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site

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• Statistics South Africa – conducts a Survey of Activities of Young People

Sport

Athletics

• 28 February – Frank Pooe wins his second national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:12:40 in Pinelands.

Deaths

• 10 January – Dr Jan Schutte, author and former director-general of the SABC, dies in Johannesburg at the age of 79
• 14 January – Benny Lategan, a South African Police Service captain who was investigating the People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (PAGAD) is killed in a drive-by-shooting in Cape Town
• 7 March – Bobby Hendricks (aka: King of Langarm music), a saxophone player dies in Cape Town at the age of 63