President: Thabo Mbeki
Deputy President: Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
January
17 – South Africa is selected as the host of the sub-region's Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre. Included in the sub-region are Angola, Comoros, Madagascar, Mozambique and Namibia.
February
6–8 – President of the People's Republic of China, Hu Jintao, visits South Africa.
23 – South African Courts dismiss charges against Simon Mann, former British Army officer, security expert and mercenary, and 7 other suspected mercenaries.
A large-scale Community Survey is conducted in all provinces by Statistics South Africa.
May
2 – A Zimbabwean court rules that Simon Mann, former British Army officer, security expert and mercenary, be extradited to Equatorial Guinea to face charges of leading a failed coup d'état.
September
10 – The National Prosecuting Authority obtains an arrest warrant for Jackie Selebi, president of Interpol and South Africa's National Police Commissioner.
14 – A search warrant is added to the arrest warrant for Jackie Selebi.
23 – Vusi Pikoli, Director of the National Prosecuting Authority, is suspended.
November
5 – Tiny Makopo, dormitory matron at Oprah Winfrey's Leadership Academy for Girls, is arrested for the abuse at the academy of six girls aged 13–14 and one woman aged 23.
December
18 – Jacob Zuma is elected chairman of the African National Congress.
4 January – Marais Viljoen (91), former State President of South Africa, dies in Pretoria from heart failure.
9 January – Elmer Symons, motorcyclist, dies of injuries sustained in a crash during the fourth stage of the 29th Dakar Rally.
18 October – Lucky Dube (43), reggae singer, is shot dead during a car hijacking in Rosettenville suburb of Johannesburg.
20 November – Ian Smith (88), Prime Minister of Rhodesia.
11 February – George Mofokeng wins his second national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:13:50 in Port Elizabeth.
20 October– South Africa defeats England 15-6 in the final to win the 2007 Rugby World Cup.
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