1948 in South Africa

1948 in South Africa

"See also:"
1947 in South Africa,
other events of 1948,
1949 in South Africa and the
Timeline of South African history.

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Events

January

* 4 January - Prince Edward Islands are annexed

March

* 13 March - Dr K. Goonam led a batch of twelve passive resisters across the Natal-Transvaal border

May

* 26 May - National Party wins General Elections in coalition with the Afrikaner Party (AP)

June

* 4 June - Daniel François Malan is elected the 5th Prime Minister of South Africa
* 12 June - The first Rembrandt cigarettes were manufactured

eptember

* 8 September - A group of 83 German children, orphaned by the war, arrives in Table Bay
* 10 September - The German orphans reach Pretoria to settle in South Africa

October

* 15 October - Eric Louw, Foreign Minister, informs Commonwealth leaders that South Africa is not prepared to allow interference in its domestic affairs

Births

* Julian Motau, artist is born
* 2 February - Mluleleki Editor George, deputy Minister of Defence, is born
* 9 July - Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph, composer, is born
* 14 July - Goodwill Zwelethini kaBhekuzulu, Zulu king, is born at Nongoma
* 10 December - Thamsanga Mnyele, artist and activist, is born in Alexandra, Johannesburg

Deaths


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