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2020 in Southern Africa

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The following lists events that happened during 2020 in Southern Africa. The countries are those described in the United Nations geoscheme for Africa.

The population of Southern Africa is 67,324,356 as of April 18, 2020, based on the latest United Nations estimates. The Southern Africa population is equivalent to 0.87% of the total world population.[1]

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Countries

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Botswana

Botswana - Changed its name from Bechuanaland Protectorate to Botswana when it declared its independence from the United Kingdom on September 30, 1966. Thecapital of the Republic of Botswana is Gaborone. The country is a member of the African Union (AU), the Commonwealth, the Southern African Development Community (SADC), and the United Nations (UN).[2]

Eswatini

Eswatini (Swaziland) - Was officially the Kingdom of Swaziland until 2018; it achieved its independence from the United Kingdom in 1968. The executive capital and largest city of the Kingdom of Eswatini is Mbabane; the traditional, spiritual, and legislative capital is Lobamba. Eswatini is a member of the SADC, the AU, the Commonwealth, and the UN.[4]

Lesotho

Lesotho - A country enclaved in South Africa. Basutoland declared its independence from the United Kingdom on October 4, 1966, and became the Kingdom of Lesotho. Today it is a member of the AU, the Commonwealth, the SADC, and the UN. Its capital is Maseru.[6]

Namibia

Namibia - The Namibian War of Independence led to independence from South Africa on March 21, 1990. Walvis Bay and the Penguin Islands were ceded to the Republic of Namibia in 1994. Namibia is a member of the AU, SADC, and UN. The capital is Windhoek.[10]

South Africa

Main article: 2020 in South Africa

South Africa - The Union of South Africa became a self-governing dominion of the British Empire in 1910 and became the Republic of South Africa in 1961. It ended Apartheid and gained majority rule on April 27, 1994. The administrative capital is Pretoria, the legislative capital is Cape Town, and the judicial capital is Bloemfontein.[12]

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Monthly events

January and February

March and April

  • March 11 – Moshoeshoe Day, Lesotho
  • March 12 – At least 18 African countries, including South Africa report cases of the novel coronavirus. Most are in single figures, and no deaths have been reported in Sub-Saharan Africa.[19]
  • March 14 – Scheduled date for the 2020 DStv Mzansi Viewers' Choice Awards in South Africa
  • March 21
    • Independence Day, Namibia[11]
    • Human Rights Day, South Africa
  • April 10 – Good Friday, Christian holiday
  • April 13
  • April 18 – Prime Minister Thomas Thabane deploys the army to the streets of Lesotho to restore order.[20]
  • April 19 – Birthday of King Mswati III, Eswatini
  • April 22 – World Health Organization (WHO) warns that the number of malaria deaths in Africa may double this year as efforts to curb the disease wind down.[21]
  • April 26 – COVID-19 pandemic: Cuba sends 200 doctors to South Africa.[22]
  • April 27 – Freedom Day, South Africa[13]
  • April 30 – COVID-19 pandemic: Lesotho is the only African country that has not reported the virus.[23]

May and June

  • May 1 – Labour Day and International Workers' Day
  • May 4: Cassinga Day, Namibia
  • May 2 – People form lines four kilometers (2.49 miles) long to get food in Olievenhoutbosch, South Africa.[24][25]
  • May 8 – Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane will step down in July as the country's leader.[26]
  • May 13 – COVID-19 pandemic: Lesotho report its first case of the virus, becoming the last country in Africa to do so.[27]
  • May 14 – Afrikaans speakers fear the language may be on the way to extinction.[28]
  • May 19 – Lesotho's Prime Minister Thomas Thabane resigns.[8] Moeketsi Majoro is sworn in.[9]
  • May 25 – Africa Day
  • June 3 – Lesotho's former first lady, Maesaiah Thabane, is arrested for the murder of the previous wife of her husband and former prime minister, Thomas Thabane.[29]
  • June 8
    • COVID-19 pandemic: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa who says that he's worried that the country's numbers of COVID-19 are rising fast. More than half of South Africa's more than 50,000 confirmed cases and 1,000 deaths have been recorded in the last two weeks.[30]
    • South Africans in Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Cape Town protest the murder of George Floyd of Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. The protests are also in honor of Collins Khosa, a black South African man who died after allegedly being assaulted by black soldiers enforcing the country's strict lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus.[31]
  • June 12 – World Day Against Child Labor: The International Labour Organization and the UNICEF warn that millions of children are likely to be pushed into forced labor because of the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.[32]
  • June 16 – Youth Day, South Africa

July and August

September and October

November and December

  • November 15 – Preacher Shepherd Bushiri and his wife skip bail and flee from South Africa to Malawi to avoid a fraud trial.[35]

Predicted and scheduled events

See also: Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on politics
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Culture

See also: Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on the arts and cultural heritage

The Arts

Further information: 2020 in African music, 2020 in film, and 2020 in literature
See also: Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on cinema

Television

Further information: Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on television and Television in South Africa

Sports

See also: Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on sports

Deaths

January to March

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April to June

July to September

October to December

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