4 – The first 40 of a planned 1000 elephants, including 3 breeding herds, are translocated from the over-populated
Kruger National Park to the war-ravaged
Limpopo National Park.
The first of seventeen
Class 7E3, Series 1 and
Series 2 dual-cab electric locomotives are rebuilt by Spoornet to single-cabs and enter service reclassified to
Class 7E4.[5]
Sports
Athletics
4 March –
Ian Syster wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:13:30 in
Durban.
^Middleton, John N. (2002). Railways of Southern Africa Locomotive Guide - 2002 (as amended by Combined Amendment List 4, January 2009) (2nd, Dec 2002 ed.). Herts, England: Beyer-Garratt Publications. pp. 50, 61.