1903 in South Africa
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See also: 1902 in South Africa, other events of 1903, 1904 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.
[edit] Events
- 12 March - Andries Dreyer, an archivist of the Dutch Reformed Church, is ordained as a missionary of the congregation in Cape Town for the Hanover Street area
- 21 May - The first contingent of Chinese labourers leaves China to work as cheap labour on the Witwatersrand gold mines
- The County of Pembroke, a British cargo ship, is shipwrecked near Port Elizabeth
[edit] Births
- 11 January - Alan Paton, author and founder of the South African Liberal Party is born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal Colony
- 21 March - John Beaver Marks, political activist and trade unionist, is born in Ventersdorp
- 4 May - Hendrik Susan, orchestra leader and violist, is born
- Louise Behrens, novelist and Afrikaans journalist, is born in the Orange Free State
- 8 October - Christoffel Hermanus Kühn Mikro, writer and poet is born at Van Reenens Farm in Williston district, Cape Colony
[edit] Deaths
- 13 March - General David Johannes Joubert (Ou Kat), a South African explorer to East Africa, dies of malaria near Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
