2005 in South Africa
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See also: 2004 in South Africa, other events of 2005, 2006 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.
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Events
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March
- 8 March - Pretoria's council voted to change the city's name to Tshwane
- 9 March - An earthquake measuring 5.3 occurrs at Stilfontein's Hartebeestfontein gold mine
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May
- 23 May - A seismic event measuring about 3.5 on the Richter scale at 08:10 with its epicentre at Carletonville, west of Johannesburg causes rockfalls at East Driefontein gold mine injuring 19 miners, 3 seriously
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June
- 7-10 June - The second national Aids conference is held in Durban
- 8 June - Schabir Shaik is found guilty and is sentenced to 15 years on two counts of corruption and 3 years on a fraud count
- 11 June - The South Africa national rugby union team set a massive record-breaking victory against the Uruguay national rugby union team 134-3 in East London
- 14 June - Jacob Zuma is relieved of his post as deputy president, following the verdict in Schabir Shaik's trial on the 8th.
- 18 June:
- The South Africa national football team loses 0-2 to the Ghana national football team at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg
- The South Africa national rugby union team drew 30-30 with the France national rugby union team in Durban
- 22 June - Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka is appointed the new deputy President of South Africa
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Births
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Deaths
- 16 March - Allan Hendrickse, politician and former Labour Party leader dies at the age of 77
- 12 June - Rain Queen Makobo Modjadji VI of the Balobedu people in the Limpopo Province, dies in Polokwane
