1949 in South Africa

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See also: 1948 in South Africa, other events of 1949, 1950 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.

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Contents 1 Events 1.1 June 1.2 October 1.3 November 1.4 December 2 Births 3 Deaths

[edit] Events

• The Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act is passed
• The South African Postal Services started forcing Europeans and non-Europeans to stand in separate queues in post offices and they are served at different counters
• Zulu riot against Indian-owned businesses in Durban.

[edit] June

• 29 June - South Africa began its apartheid programme

[edit] October

• 30 October - B J Schoeman announced in Johannesburg that the NP would carry the plan through for its apartheid policy "notwithstanding what serious economic problems it might cause"

[edit] November

• 1 November - Seretse Khama and his British wife Ruth were declared forbidden by the Union government in South Africa

[edit] December

• 16 December - The Voortrekker Monument was officially opened in Pretoria

[edit] Births

• 27 January - Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, politician
• 23 May - Estian Calitz, academic, is born in George
• Michael Lapsley, Anglican priest and social activist, is born in New Zealand
• 21 June - Leonard Tshela Mohapi Matsoso, artist, is born in Pimville, Soweto

[edit] Deaths

• 4 May - Hendrik Adolph Mulder, poet and Afrikaans literary critic, dies in Grahamstown
• 11 June - AA Pienaar (Sangiro), author, dies in Stellenbosch at the age of 54