1949 in South Africa

none August 2020 December 2013 1949 The following lists events that happened during 1949 in South Africa. Incumbents Monarch: King George VI. Governor-General and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: Gideon Brand van Zyl. Prime Minister: Daniel François Malan. Chief Justice: Ernest Frederick Watermeyer. Events January 13,14 – Durban riots against Indians June 29 – South Africa introduces its apartheid policy. July 1 – The Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act, 1949, Act No. 55 of 1949, is passed. October 30 – Ben Schoeman announces in Johannesburg that the NP would carry the apartheid policy through "notwithstanding what serious economic problems it might cause". November 1 – Seretse Khama and his British wife Ruth Williams Khama are declared forbidden in South Africa. December 16 – The Voortrekker Monument is officially inaugurated in Pretoria. Unknown date The University of Pretoria establishes the Graduate School of Management (GSM), the first MBA programme to be launched outside of North America.Wits Business School https://web.archive.org/web/20070809003621/http://www.mba.co.za/school.aspx?rootid=7&schoolid=25&pageid=additional 9 August 2007 Retrieved 20 March 2010 The South African Post Office begins to force Europeans and non-Europeans to stand in separate queues in post offices and serve them at different counters. Births 27 January – Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, politician. 29 January – Eugene de Kock, South African Police colonel and assassin. 26 March – Rudi Koertzen, cricket umpire (d. 2022) 8 April – Fanie de Jager, operatic tenor. 12 April – Pravin Gordhan, national minister (d. 2024) 23 May – Estian Calitz, academic. 2 June – Michael Lapsley, Anglican priest and activist. 14 June Niel Barnard, intelligence chief (d. 2025) Antony Sher, actor (d. 2021) 17 July – William C. Faure, film director. (d. 1994) 19 July – Kgalema Motlhanthe, politician, former President of South Africa. 23 July – Clive Rice, cricketer. (d. 2015) 21 October – Morne du Plessis, Springboks captain & rugby administrator. 24 November – Neall Ellis, helicopter pilot and mercenary. 28 November – Nosimo Balindlela, politician. Deaths 4 May – Hendrik Adolph Mulder, poet and Afrikaans literary critic. Railways thumb|Class 24 Locomotives The South African Railways places the first of one hundred Class 24 2-8-4 Berkshire type branchline steam locomotives in service, most of them on the South West Africa System.105–10776South African Railways and Harbours Locomotive Diagram Book, 2'0" & 3'6" Gauge Steam Locomotives, 15 August 1941, as amended Sport 7.1 Golf Bobby Locke tied with Harry Bradshaw (Ireland) both scored 283 (−5).Bobby Locke then won the 36 holes play-off by 12 shots. British Open championship. Royal St. Georges Golf Club. Sandwich. 6–9 July 1949. 7.2 Tennis Eric Sturgess & Sheila Summers became the South Africa's first Wimbledon champions when they beat John Bromwich (Australia) & Louis Brough (USA), 8–7, 9–11, 7–5, to win the mixed doubles final. Eric Sturgess was awarded the Helms Trophy as the best athlete of the African continent. References 30em 1949 in collapsed South Africa Category:Years in South Africa