2022 in Southern Africa

Last updated June 03, 2025

The following lists events that happened during 2022 in Southern Africa . The countries are those described in the United Nations geoscheme for Southern Africa.

Incumbents

Botswana

President of Botswana: Mokgweetsi Masisi (since 2018)^[1]
- Vice-President of Botswana: Slumber Tsogwane (since 2018)^[1]

Eswatini

Eswatini (Swaziland)

Chief of state: Ngwenyama (King): Mswati III (since 1986)^[2]
Head of government: Prime Minister: Cleopas Dlamini (since 2021)

Lesotho

Chief of state: King: Letsie III (since 1996)^[3]
Head of government: Prime Minister: Moeketsi Majoro (since 2020)^[4]

Namibia

President: Hage Geingob (since March 21, 2015)^[5]
- Vice President: Nangolo Mbumba (since February 12, 2018) ^[5]
Prime Minister: Saara Kuugongelwa (since March 21, 2015) ^[5]
- Deputy Prime Minister: Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (since March 21, 2015)

South Africa

President: Cyril Ramaphosa (since 2018)^[6]
- Deputy President: David Mabuza (since 2018)^[6]
Chief Justice: Raymond Zondo (since 2022)
Speaker of the National Assembly: Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula

Events

Elections

9 April – 2022 Gambian parliamentary election
10 July – 2022 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election
31 July – 2022 Senegalese parliamentary election
9 August – 2022 Kenyan general election
24 August – 2022 Angolan general election
25 September – 2022 São Toméan legislative election
7 October – 2022 Lesotho general election
13 November – 2022 Somaliland presidential election
17 December – 2022 Tunisian parliamentary election

Major holidays

March 11 – Anniversary of the death of King Moshoeshoe I, Public holidays in Lesotho.^[7]
March 22 – Independence Day, Public holidays in Namibia.^[8]
March 23 – Southern African Liberation Day, Public holidays in Angola.^[9]
April 19 – King Mswati III′s Birthday, Public holidays in Eswatini.^[10]
April 27 – Freedom Day (South Africa), Public holidays in South Africa.^[11]
May 4 – Cassinga Day, Namibia.^[8]
May 25 – Africa Day.^[7]
July 17 – King Letsie III′s Birthday, Lesotho.^[7]
July 22 – King Father′s Birthday, Eswatini.^[10]
September 6 – Somhlolo Day (Independence Day), Eswatini.^[10]
October 1 – Botswana Day holiday^[12]
October 4 – Independence Day, Lesotho.^[7]
November 11 – Independence Day, Angola.^[9]
December 10 – Human Rights Day.^[8]
December 16 – Day of Reconciliation, South Africa.^[11]

Culture

Sports

Deaths

17 July – Jessie Duarte, 68, politician and acting secretary-general of the African National Congress.^[13]

References

1 2 CIA World Factbook: Botswana Archived 2021-01-09 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 18 Apr 2020
↑ CIA World Factbook: Eswantini Archived 2018-12-31 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 18 Apr 2020
↑ CIA World Factbook: Lesotho Archived 2021-07-02 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 18 Apr 2020
↑ "Lesotho's new PM sworn in after resignation, murder drama". ABC News. Archived from the original on September 27, 2022. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
1 2 3 CIA World Factbook: Namibia Archived 2021-01-10 at the Wayback Machine retrieved April 19, 2020
1 2 CIA World Factbook: South Africa Archived 2021-01-10 at the Wayback Machine retrieved April 19, 2020
1 2 3 4 "Lesotho Public Holidays 2021". PublicHolidays.africa. Archived from the original on January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
1 2 3 "Independence Day 2021, 2022 and 2023 in Namibia". PublicHolidays.africa. Archived from the original on January 10, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
1 2 "Southern Africa Liberation Day 2021, 2022 and 2023 in Angola". PublicHolidays.africa. Archived from the original on October 31, 2020. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
1 2 3 "Eswatini Public Holidays 2021". PublicHolidays.africa. Archived from the original on January 28, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
1 2 "National Holidays in South Africa in 2021". Office Holidays. Archived from the original on January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
↑ "Botswana Day 2021, 2022 and 2023 in Botswana". PublicHolidays.africa. Archived from the original on January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
↑ Mntambo, Nokukhanya. "'Her politics was not divisive, but empowering, unifying' - Ramaphosa on Duarte". ewn.co.za. Archived from the original on 2022-07-20. Retrieved 2022-09-27.

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[Botswana-1] 1 2 CIA World Factbook: Botswana Archived 2021-01-09 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 18 Apr 2020

[cia_eswatini-2] CIA World Factbook: Eswantini Archived 2018-12-31 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 18 Apr 2020

[cia_lesotho-3] CIA World Factbook: Lesotho Archived 2021-07-02 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 18 Apr 2020

[lesotho_pm-4] "Lesotho's new PM sworn in after resignation, murder drama". ABC News. Archived from the original on September 27, 2022. Retrieved May 20, 2020.

[cia_namibia-5] 1 2 3 CIA World Factbook: Namibia Archived 2021-01-10 at the Wayback Machine retrieved April 19, 2020

[cia_sou_af-6] 1 2 CIA World Factbook: South Africa Archived 2021-01-10 at the Wayback Machine retrieved April 19, 2020

[lesotho_holidays-7] 1 2 3 4 "Lesotho Public Holidays 2021". PublicHolidays.africa. Archived from the original on January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2021.

[namibia_holidays-8] 1 2 3 "Independence Day 2021, 2022 and 2023 in Namibia". PublicHolidays.africa. Archived from the original on January 10, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2021.

[anglola_holidays-9] 1 2 "Southern Africa Liberation Day 2021, 2022 and 2023 in Angola". PublicHolidays.africa. Archived from the original on October 31, 2020. Retrieved January 18, 2021.

[eswatine_holidays-10] 1 2 3 "Eswatini Public Holidays 2021". PublicHolidays.africa. Archived from the original on January 28, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2021.

[s_africa_holidays-11] 1 2 "National Holidays in South Africa in 2021". Office Holidays. Archived from the original on January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2021.

[12] "Botswana Day 2021, 2022 and 2023 in Botswana". PublicHolidays.africa. Archived from the original on January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2021.

[13] Mntambo, Nokukhanya. "'Her politics was not divisive, but empowering, unifying' - Ramaphosa on Duarte". ewn.co.za. Archived from the original on 2022-07-20. Retrieved 2022-09-27.

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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 Eswatini 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 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