17 March -
Natalie du Toit wins gold in the
Women's 50 m EAD Freestyle at the Commonwealth Games bettering the existing record twice (during Heat 2 and Final A) to 29.27 seconds.
5 March - The Proteas lose to Australia by 24 runs at
St George's Park in
Port Elizabeth in the 3rd One-day International.
10 March - The Proteas lose to Australia by one wicket in
Durban in the 4th ODI.
12 March - The Proteas beat Australia by one wicket at
the Wanderers in the final ODI. Both teams reached record-breaking scores of 434 and 438 in their 50 overs, and South Africa took the series 3-2.
May
7 May - The Proteas beat New Zealand by four wickets in the Third Test of the series, winning their final series of the year 2–0.
17 March - South Africa loses 20-14 to Australia in the medal quarterfinal, wins 14-17 to[Canada in the Plate semi-finals, but then loses 29-28 to Wales, earning them 6th position overall at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
12 September - The Springbok Women's team lose to
Samoa 10 - 43 at St. Albert, Alberta in the Women's Rugby World Cup
16 September - The Springbok Women's team lose to
Kazakhstan 0 - 36 at Edmonton, Alberta, placing them at the bottom of the log in the Women's Rugby World Cup
26 January - Bafana Bafana loses 0-2 to
Tunisia and is knocked out of the running at the 25th African Cup of Nations.[2]
30 January - Bafana Bafana loses 0-1 to
Zambia in their final match, exiting the 25th African Cup of Nations without earning a single point or a single goal.[3]
12 February - South Africa finishes 21st in the sprint race and 11th in the feature race of the
Indonesian leg held at the
Sentul Circuit, dropping to 15th place
26 February - South Africa finishes 17th in the sprint race and 18th in the feature race of the
Mexican leg held at
Fundidora Park, dropping to 16th place
8 October - South Africa only completes 4 laps of the sprint race and is placed 21st while in the feature race, South Africa comes 11th in the
Czechoslovakian leg held at the
Masaryk Circuit, near
Brno dropping South Africa to 12th