1996 in South Africa
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See also: 1995 in South Africa, other events of 1996, 1996 in South African sport 1997 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.
Events
February
March
May
April
June
July
August
- Mimi Coertse receives the highest accolade an artist can receive from the Austrian Government, the Oesterreichishe Ehrenkreuz für Wissenschaft und Kunst
September
October
December
Unknown date
Sport
Athletics
Births
Deaths
- 15 January - King Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho is killed in a car accident
- 16 December - Laurens van der Post, author, farmer, war hero, political adviser, educator, journalist, humanitarian, philosopher, explorer, and conservationist, dies at the age of 90