1950 in South Africa

none August 2020 December 2013 1950 This is a list of events that occurred in 1950 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 then Albert van der Sandt Centlivres. Events March 18 – The University of the Free State is established. April 27 – The Group Areas Act is passed, formally segregating the races. May 1 – 18 blacks are killed by police and more than 30 are injured on the Witwatersrand in a massive stay-away from work, called for by the African National Congress. 1 – Springbok Radio, the SABC's first commercial service, is launched. June 26 – The Suppression of Communism Act is passed. August 5 – 2 Squadron SAAF departs for the Korean War.McGregor P. M. J. 3 June 1978 The History of No 2 Squadron, SAAF, in the Korean War Military History Journal The South African Military History Society 4 3 0026-4016 http://samilitaryhistory.org/journal.html 18 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090823023750/http://samilitaryhistory.org/journal.html 23 August 2009 dead 6 – The municipality of East London decides not to approve prospecting for oil off the city's seafront. September 26 – Sasol (Suid-Afrikaanse Steenkool, Olie en Gaskorporasie Bpk.) is registered as a company. October 23 – Ernest George Jansen is appointed the 9th Governor-General of the Union of South Africa. November 2 – South African Airways inaugurates daily services between Johannesburg and Bulawayo and between Johannesburg and Cape Town. December 13 – South Africa refuses to place South-West Africa under UN trusteeship. 21 – The gold town of Allanridge in the Free State Province is established. Unknown date Oribi Gorge Nature Reserve is proclaimed a protected state forest. Hendrik Verwoerd becomes Minister of Native Affairs. The government passes the Immorality Amendment Act, the Group Areas Act, the Suppression of Communism Act, and the Population Registration Act which officially divides South Africans into 'White', 'Coloured', 'Asian' or 'Native' population groups. The United States and United Kingdom sign a purchasing agreement with South Africa to supply uranium for their nuclear weapons programmes. The Parliament of South Africa passes the Privy Council Appeals Act, 1950 (Act No. 16) to terminate appeals from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London. Births 29 January – Jody Scheckter, 1979 Formula One World Drivers' Champion. 1 June – Johann Rupert, billionaire businessman, son of billionaire Rembrandt Group founder Anton Rupert. 18 August – Nandi Nyembe, actress. 19 October – Yvonne Mokgoro, jurist (d. 2024). Deaths 25 April – John Ernest Adamson, English educationalist and Director of Education of the Colony of Transvaal (b. 1867 in the United Kingdom)Kallaway Peter 6 January 2011 Adamson, Sir John Ernest 10.1093/ref:odnb/30338 11 September – Jan Smuts, soldier and international statesman. (b. 1870) Railways Railway lines opened 2 October – Transvaal: Vandyksdrif to Broodsnyersplaas, 11 mi 73 ch km 1 off.Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 191, ref. no. 200954-13 Sports Boxing 31 May – Vic Toweel defeats World Bantamweight Champion Manuel Ortiz on points over 15 rounds at Wembley Stadium and becomes the first South African world boxing champion. British Empire Games The British Empire Games (now the Commonwealth Games), after a 12-year gap, takes place in Auckland, New Zealand from 4 to 11 February. Of the 12 participating countries which include Southern Rhodesia, South Africa finishes 5th on the medals list, winning 20 medals, 8 Gold, 4 Silver and 8 Bronze. The medal winners are: Athletics Neville Price – Gold, long jump, distance 7.31 m Syd Luyt – Silver, marathon, time 2.37.03 Tom Lavery – Bronze, 120 yards hurdles, time 14.6 s Daphne Robb; Bronze, 220 yards, time 24.7 s Boxing Johnny van Rensburg – Gold, bantamweight Theunis van Schalkwyk – Gold, middleweight Marcus Temple – Bronze, flyweight Lawn bowls Alfred Blumberg, H.Currer, Harry Atkinson and Norman Walker – Gold, fours W. Gibb and H.J. van Zyl – Silver, pairs Rowing Ian Stephen – Bronze, single sculls Swimming Graham Johnston – Silver, 440 yards freestyle Graham Johnston – Gold, 1650 yards freestyle Jackie Wild – Gold, 110 yards backstroke Joan Harrison – Bronze, 110 yards freestyle Joan Harrison – Gold, 440 yards freestyle Weightlifting Barrie Engelbrecht – Bronze, featherweight Issy Bloomberg – Silver, light-heavyweight Wrestling Patrick Morton – Gold, light-heavyweight Martin Jooste – Bronze, welterweight Carel Reitz – Bronze, middleweight Comrades Marathon Wally Hayward, at age 42 and after a twenty-year gap, wins the Comrades Marathon from Durban to Pietermaritzburg in a time of 6h 46m 25s. Twenty runners of the 29 who start finish in the allotted time. Football June–July The Australia national association football team tours South Africa and plays four games against the South Africa national football team. 24 June – South Africa wins 3–2 at Kingsmead, Durban. 1 July – South Africa wins 2–1 at Ellis Park, Johannesburg. 8 July – Australia wins 2–1 at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth. 23 July – Australia wins 2–0 at Hartley Vale, Cape Town. References 1950 in collapsed