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List of events
The following lists events that happened during 1998 in South Africa .
Incumbents
The Cabinet, together with the
President and the
Deputy President , forms part of the Executive.
Events
January
3 – Six policemen from the North East Rand Dog Unit set their dogs on three suspected illegal immigrants, allowing the animals to savage the three men while the officers hurl racial insults.
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March
May
June
July
7 – Theuns Swanepoel, the "Rooi Rus" policeman who gave the order to open fire on
Soweto uprising rioters, dies without confessing.
[4]
Highly acclaimed South African Soap opera
Isidingo debuts on
SABC 3 .
16 –
Bulelani Ngcuka is elected as the first National Director of Public Prosecutions.
August
September
October
December
10 – South Africa opposes the Congo talks set in
Zambia the following week.
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Rock band
Watershed is discovered by Sivan Pillay in Times Square,
Sandton .
Unknown date
The Black Tie Ensemble is founded by
Mimi Coertse and Neels Hansen.
Births
Deaths
Sports
Boxing
Soccer
Bafana Bafana participate in their first ever
FIFA World Cup hosted in France, eventually being eliminated in the group stages.
Cricket
The
South Africa national cricket team wins the
1998 ICC KnockOut Trophy (now
ICC Champions Trophy ), which is the only ICC trophy the country has won till date.
References
1998 in Africa
Sovereign states States with limited recognition
Dependencies and other territories