Events

• Natives Act imposes segregation in towns
• The South African National Congress changes its name to African National Congress
  African National Congress
  The African National Congress is South Africa's governing Africanist political party, supported by its tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party , since the establishment of non-racial democracy in April 1994. It defines itself as a...
  
  
• The Electricity Supply Commission (Escom)
  Eskom
  Eskom is a South African electricity public utility, established in 1923 as the Electricity Supply Commission by the government of South Africa in terms of the Electricity Act . It was also known by its Afrikaans name Elektrisiteitsvoorsieningskommissie . The two acronyms were combined in 1986 and...
  
   is established in terms of the Electricity Act No. 42 of 1922

Births

• 30 January - Pothinus Carl Matsiri Mokgokong, academic, principal and vice-chancellor
  Chancellor (education)
  A chancellor or vice-chancellor is the chief executive of a university. Other titles are sometimes used, such as president or rector....
  
   of the University of the North, is born in Makotopong, Polokwane
  Polokwane
  Polokwane, meaning "Place of Safety",is a city in the Polokwane Local Municipality and the capital of the Limpopo province, South Africa. It is also often referred to by its former name, Pietersburg. Polokwane is a major urban centre, the biggest and most important north of Gauteng. The population...