2016 in South Africa

Events that have occurred or will occur in 2016 in South Africa. The incumbent President of South Africa is Jacob Zuma who was first elected in 2009 and was re-elected in 2014. Politically, South Africa has held municipal elections in 2016. The political party with the majority in most municipalities in South Africa is the African National Congress. In international sport, a South African team of 68 athletes competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics. South Africa also hosted the African football tournament, 2016 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations in April.

Predicted and scheduled events

August-October - 2016 Currie Cup First Division - Rugby
August-October - 2016 Currie Cup Premier Division - Rugby
August 5-21 - 68 athletes from South Africa will compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
August 27-October 8 - 2016 Rugby Championship

2016 in Africa

Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland

Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Ascension Island Mayotte Réunion Saint Helena Tristan da Cunha Western Sahara

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