This is a list of events in South African sport in 2006.
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March
- 3 March - The Proteas beat Australia by 196 runs at Newlands, Cape Town, in the 2nd One-day International.
- 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.
- 16 March - South Africa wins two matches (63-7 against Uganda, 12-10 against Samoa) and loses one (19-26 to Tonga) in their Group D fixture of the Rugby Sevens at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne
- 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.
- 7 September - The South African men's hockey team loses 0-2 to the Netherlands at the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup in Mönchengladbach, Germany
- 9 September - The South African men's hockey team draws with India 1-1 at the Hockey World Cup
- 10 September - The South African men's hockey team draws with Korea 2-2 at the Hockey World Cup
- 12 September - The South African men's hockey team loses to Germany 0-5 at the Hockey World Cup
- 13 September - The South African men's hockey team loses to England 1-3 at the Hockey World Cup
- 16 September - The South African men's hockey team loses to Japan 2-5 at the Hockey World Cup
- 17 September - The South African men's hockey team loses to India 0-1 placing them at the bottom of the log in the Hockey World Cup