1948 in South Africa

Events

January

• 4 January - Prince Edward Islands are annexed

March

• 13 March - Dr K. Goonam led a batch of twelve passive resisters across the Natal-Transvaal border

May

• 26 May - National Party wins General Elections in coalition with the Afrikaner Party (AP)

June

• 4 June - Daniel François Malan is elected the 5th Prime Minister of South Africa
• 12 June - The first Rembrandt cigarettes were manufactured

September

• 8 September - A group of 83 German children, orphaned by the war, arrives in Table Bay
• 10 September - The German orphans reach Pretoria to settle in South Africa

October

• 15 October - Eric Louw, Foreign Minister, informs Commonwealth leaders that South Africa is not prepared to allow interference in its domestic affairs

Births

• Julian Motau, artist is born
• 2 February - Mluleleki Editor George, deputy Minister of Defence, is born
• 9 July - Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph, composer, is born
• 14 July - Goodwill Zwelethini kaBhekuzulu, Zulu king, is born at Nongoma
• 10 December - Thamsanga Mnyele, artist and activist, is born in Alexandra, Johannebvsburg