1970 in South Africa

	1970 in South Africa
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Timeline of South African history

Events

10 January - The South Africa (Springboks) draws with Ireland 8-8 at Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland
21 May - John Vorster, Prime Minister of South Africa and Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia, hold private talks
12 June - Mangosuthu Buthelezi is elected as the first Chief Executive Officer of the new Bantustan of KwaZulu

Births

10 September - Phaswane Mpe, poet and novelist (d. 2004)
December 1970 - Dr Mariam Seedat, Sociologist