1924 in South Africa

Events

January

• 21 January - Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone is appointed the 4th Governor-General of the Union of South Africa

March

• 5 March - The first one-day flight between Cape Town and Pretoria takes place

June

• 30 June - James Barry Munnik Hertzog becomes the 3rd Prime Minister of South Africa

Unknown date

• The Taung Child is discovered

Births

• February - Allan McLeod Cormack, physicist, was born in Johannesburg
• 14 July - Stephen Fry, South African rugby union captain
• 26 July - Elias Motsoaledi, political activist, was born in Nebo