Events

• 10 - 14 March - The Rand Revolt or Rebellion, a strike by White mineworkers which started on 28 December 1921 becomes open rebellion against the state
• 15 March - Samuel Long, labour pioneer and striker, is arrested
• 27 October - Southern Rhodesia
  Southern Rhodesia
  Southern Rhodesia was the name of the British colony situated north of the Limpopo River and the Union of South Africa. From its independence in 1965 until its extinction in 1980, it was known as Rhodesia...
  
  ns vote on a referendum
  Southern Rhodesia government referendum, 1922
  The Southern Rhodesia government referendum of October 27, 1922 saw the voters of the colony of Southern Rhodesia by a comfortable majority reject the chance to join the Union of South Africa in favour of establishing a responsible government within the colony...
  
   and reject a union with South Africa

Births

• 6 May - Elize Botha, first wife of State President of South Africa
  State President of South Africa
  State President, or Staatspresident in Afrikaans, was the title of South Africa's head of state from 1961 to 1994. The office was established when the country became a republic in 1961, and Queen Elizabeth II ceased to be head of state...
  
   Pieter Willem Botha
  Pieter Willem Botha
  Pieter Willem Botha , commonly known as "P. W." and Die Groot Krokodil , was the prime minister of South Africa from 1978 to 1984 and the first executive state president from 1984 to 1989.First elected to Parliament in 1948, Botha was for eleven years head of the Afrikaner National Party and the...
  
  , is born in Senekal
  Senekal
  Senekal is a town situated on the banks of the Klipspruit River in the eastern part of the Free State province of South Africa. It was named after Commodant-General FP Senekal. Senekal lies on the N5 national...
  
  

Deaths

• 17 November - Rand Revolt strikers Samuel Long, Herbert Hull and David Lewis, are hanged at the Central Prison in Pretoria
  Pretoria
  Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the executive and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital.Pretoria is...
  
  for the murder.