1906 in South Africa

1906 in South Africa

"See also:"
1905 in South Africa,
other events of 1906,
1906 in South African sport,
1907 in South Africa and the
Timeline of South African history.

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Events

* Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa
* 2 May - Lord Alfred Milner, British colonial secretary and the High Commissioner for Southern Africa, returns to Britain
* 6 May - British troops kill over 60 Zulus during a punitive expedition near Durban

Births

* 5 March - Siegfried Mynhardt, actor, is born in Johannesburg
* 11 June - Nicolaas Petrus van Wyk Louw, poet, dramatist and essayist, is born in Sutherland, Cape Colony
* 30 October - Archibald Campbell Mzoliza Jordan, a Xhosa writer and linguist, is born in the Tsolo district of the Cape Colony
* 13 December - Laurens van der Post, author, farmer, war hero, political adviser, educator, journalist, humanitarian, philosopher, explorer, and conservationist, is born in Philippolis

Deaths


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