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The following lists events that happened during 2024 in Southern Africa. The countries are those described in the United Nations geoscheme for Southern Africa . The combined population of Africa is estimated at 1,460.47 million (2023). [1]
20 May – The Constitutional Court of South Africa rules that former President Jacob Zuma is ineligible to run in the upcoming parliamentary election due to his 2021 jail sentence. 29 May – 2024 South African general election: South Africans vote for members of the National Assembly and elect provincial legislatures.
South Africa is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France from 28 August to 8 September. Competitors [ edit ] The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
15 December 2023 was declared a holiday by president Cyril Ramaphosa due to South Africa winning the Rugby World Cup for the fourth time. Religious public holidays. The Christian holidays of Christmas Day and Good Friday remained in secular post-apartheid South Africa's calendar of public holidays.
Educational Systems in S.A. Education in South Africa is governed by two national departments, namely the Department of Basic Education (DBE), which is responsible for primary and secondary schools, and the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), which is responsible for tertiary education and vocational training.
The 2023–24 SA20 (also known as Betway SA20 2024 for sponsorship reasons) was the second season of the SA20, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league in South Africa, [1] [2] organised by Cricket South Africa (CSA). The tournament started from 10 January and final was played on 10 February 2024. [3] [4] Sunrisers Eastern Cape were the defending ...
Freedom Day is a public holiday in South Africa celebrated on 27 April. [1] It commemorates the first post- apartheid elections held on that day in 1994 and the day on which the new constitution was introduced. The elections were the first national elections where everyone of voting age of over 18 from any race group, [2] was allowed to vote.
Matriculation in South Africa. In South Africa, matriculation (or matric) is the final year of high school and the qualification received on graduating from high school, and the minimum university entrance requirements. The first formal examination was conducted in South Africa under the University of the Cape of Good Hope in 1858. [1]