1949 in South Africa
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The following lists events that happened during 1949 in South Africa.
Incumbents
[edit]- Monarch: King George VI.
- Governor-General and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: Gideon Brand van Zyl.
- Prime Minister: Daniel François Malan.
- Chief Justice: Ernest Frederick Watermeyer.
Events
[edit]- January
- 13,14 – Durban riots against Indians
- June
- 29 – South Africa introduces its apartheid policy.
- July
- 1 – The Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act, 1949, Act No. 55 of 1949, is passed.
- October
- 30 – Ben Schoeman announces in Johannesburg that the NP would carry the apartheid policy through "notwithstanding what serious economic problems it might cause".
- November
- 1 – Seretse Khama and his British wife Ruth Williams Khama are declared forbidden in South Africa.
- December
- 16 – The Voortrekker Monument is officially inaugurated in Pretoria.
- Unknown date
- The University of Pretoria establishes the Graduate School of Management (GSM), the first MBA programme to be launched outside of North America.[1]
- The South African Post Office begins to force Europeans and non-Europeans to stand in separate queues in post offices and serve them at different counters.
Births
[edit]- 27 January – Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, politician.
- 29 January – Eugene de Kock, South African Police colonel and assassin.
- 26 March – Rudi Koertzen, cricket umpire (d. 2022)
- 8 April – Fanie de Jager, operatic tenor.
- 12 April – Pravin Gordhan, national minister (d. 2024)
- 23 May – Estian Calitz, academic.
- 2 June – Michael Lapsley, Anglican priest and activist.
- 17 July – Bill Faure, film director. (d. 1994)
- 19 July – Kgalema Motlhanthe, politician, former President of South Africa.
- 23 July – Clive Rice, cricketer. (d. 2015)
- 21 October – Morne du Plessis, Springboks captain & rugby administrator.
- 24 November – Neall Ellis, helicopter pilot and mercenary.
- 28 November – Nosimo Balindlela, politician.
Deaths
[edit]- 4 May – Hendrik Adolph Mulder, poet and Afrikaans literary critic.
Railways
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Locomotives
[edit]- The South African Railways places the first of one hundred Class 24 2-8-4 Berkshire type branchline steam locomotives in service, most of them on the South West Africa System.[2][3][4]
Sport
[edit]7.1 Golf
- Bobby Locke tied with Harry Bradshaw (Ireland) both scored 283 (−5).Bobby Locke then won the 36 holes play-off by 12 shots. British Open championship. Royal St. Georges Golf Club. Sandwich. 6–9 July 1949.
7.2 Tennis
- Eric Sturgess & Sheila Summers became the South Africa's first Wimbledon champions when they beat John Bromwich (Australia) & Louis Brough (USA), 8–7, 9–11, 7–5, to win the mixed doubles final.
- Eric Sturgess was awarded the Helms Trophy as the best athlete of the African continent.
References
[edit]- ^ Wits Business School Archived 9 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 20 March 2010
- ^ Holland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England: David & Charles. pp. 105–107. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
- ^ Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. p. 76. ISBN 0869772112.
- ^ South African Railways and Harbours Locomotive Diagram Book, 2'0" & 3'6" Gauge Steam Locomotives, 15 August 1941, as amended
