1920 in South Africa

Events

• 10 January - The League of Nations is established as the Treaty of Versailles goes into effect
• 1 February - The South African Air Force is established
• 20 November - Prince Arthur of Connaught is appointed the 3rd Governor-General of the Union of South Africa
• South Africa is granted a League of Nations Class C mandate over South West Africa

Births

• 12 May - Basil Gerald Stapleton, World War II fighter pilot, is born in Durban
• 8 August - Nimrod Sejake, activist is born in Evaton

Brian Bunting, member of the ANC and freedom fighter, is born.

Deaths

• Olive Emilie Albertina Shreiner, author and feminist dies in Wynberg, Cape Town