1909 in South Africa

Events

• South Africa becomes the first non-European country to join FIFA
• 25 February - Mahatma Gandhi is arrested at Volksrust for failure to produce registration certificate and is sentenced to 3 months prison
• June - Mahatma Gandhi embarked in Cape Town for Southampton, England
• 30 November - Mahatma Gandhi and the Transvaal Indian Deputation arrive back in Cape Town

Births

• 5 September - Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo, doctor and politician, is born

Deaths

• 13 April - Donald Currie, shipping magnate and donor of the Currie Cups for rugby union and cricket, dies in Sidmouth, England at the age of 83