Deaths
- 6 January – Makgatho Mandela, Nelson Mandela's eldest son dies of AIDS at the age of 54.
- 19 January – K. Sello Duiker, novelist.
- 20 February – Dalene Matthee, novelist.
- 16 March – Allan Hendrickse, politician and former Labour Party leader dies at the age of 77.
- 21 April – Bavumile Vilakazi, the South African High Commissioner to Uganda, dies of a heart attack in Kampala.
- 12 June – Rain Queen Makobo Modjadji VI of the Balobedu people in the Limpopo Province, dies in Polokwane.
- 30 June – King Ingwenyama Mayitjha III of the Ndzundza-Mabhoko people (Ndebele), dies.
- August – Howard Watt, rugby player, dies.
- 7 September – Ettienne Botha, Blue Bulls Rugby union player, is killed in a car accident.
- 16 September – Mzukisi Sikali, boxer.
- 29 November – Deon van der Walt, tenor.
- 4 December – Sophie Mgcina, actress and musician, dies at the age of 67 from heart failure.
- 31 December – Xolilizwe Mzikayise Sigcawu dies at No 1 Military Hospital in Pretoria.
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