Events

• Sir Patrick Duncan is appointed the 6th Governor-General of the Union of South Africa
  Governor-General of the Union of South Africa
  The Governor-General of the Union of South Africa was the representative of the British and later South African Crown in the Union of South Africa between 31 May 1910 and 31 May 1961...
  
  
• 1 February - The Aliens Act No 1, restricting and regulating the entry of certain aliens into the Union of South Africa
  Union of South Africa
  The Union of South Africa is the historic predecessor to the present-day Republic of South Africa. It came into being on 31 May 1910 with the unification of the previously separate colonies of the Cape, Natal, Transvaal and the Orange Free State...
  
   and regulating the right of any person to assume a surname, commences.

Births

• 21 April - Ben Mzimkulu Macala, artist
  Artist
  An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
  
  , is born in Bloemfontein
  Bloemfontein
  Bloemfontein is the capital city of the Free State Province of South Africa; and, as the judicial capital of the nation, one of South Africa's three national capitals – the other two being Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Pretoria, the administrative capital.Bloemfontein is popularly and...
  
  
• 1 June - Ezrom Kgobokanyo Sebata Legae, artist, is born in Vrededorp, Johannesburg
  Johannesburg
  Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...
  
  
• 18 September - Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri
  Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri
  Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri was a South African politician. She was the country's Minister of Communications from 1999 until her death....
  
  , politician
  Politician
  A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
  
  , is born in Kroonstad
  Kroonstad
  Kroonstad is the third-largest town in the Free State province of South Africa, and lies two hours drive from Gauteng. In the 1991 census it had a population of 110,963...
  
  , Orange Free State
  Orange Free State
  The Orange Free State was an independent Boer republic in southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, and later a British colony and a province of the Union of South Africa. It is the historical precursor to the present-day Free State province...