1964 in South Africa

1964 in South Africa

"See also:"
1963 in South Africa,
other events of 1964,
1965 in South Africa and the
Timeline of South African history.

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Events

January

* 31 January - The University of Port Elizabeth is established

February

* South Africa is suspended from the International Labour Organisation

March

* 11 March - South Africa withdraws from the International Labour Organisation

June

* Nelson Mandela's original 5 year sentence is commuted for life for high treason in the Rivonia Trial
* 5 June - South Africa is expelled from the Universal Postal Union in Vienna

July

* 24 July - Frederick John Harris, a schoolteacher, explodes a bomb at Park Station (Johannesburg's main railway station) killing Ethel Rhys, a 77 year old woman and injuring 23 others
* Nelson Mandela is awarded the Joliot-Curie Gold Medal for Peace

Unknown date

* Sewsunker "Papwa" Sewgolum, an Indian golfer, wins the Dutch Open tournament for the third time
* The African National Congress establishes offices in Dar-es-Salaam
* The Mahotella Queens are formed in the Johannesburg studios of Gallo Record Company, by producer Rupert Bopape
* The Munitions Production Board is formed in order to develop South African self-sufficiency in the manufacturing of arms

Births

* July 27 - Verinda Scott, Born in Pretoria, South Africa.
* 3 November - Brenda Fassie, singer, is born in Langa, Cape Town

Deaths


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