1960 in South Africa
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The following lists events that happened during 1960 in South Africa.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Queen Elizabeth II
- Governor-General: Charles Robberts Swart (from 12 January).[1]
- Prime Minister: Hendrik Verwoerd.
- Chief Justice: Lucas Cornelius Steyn.
Events
- January
- 21 – 435 miners die in the Coalbrook mining disaster, the worst mine disaster in South Africa.
- February
- 3 – Harold Macmillan delivers his Wind of Change speech to the Parliament of South Africa in Cape Town.
- March
- 21 – Police kill an estimated 69 people during the Sharpeville massacre.[2]
- 22 – Hendrik Verwoerd tells Parliament that the Anti-Pass Resistance in Sharpeville, Gauteng was not targeted against the government.
- 23 – Robert Sobukwe, leader of the Pan Africanist Congress, Albert Lutuli and 11 others are arrested for incitement of riots.
- 24 – All public meetings of more than 12 people are banned.
- 30 – The government declares a State of Emergency.
- April
- 8 – The government bans the African National Congress and the Pan Africanist Congress with the coming into effect of the Unlawful Organisations Act.[2]
- 9 – David Pratt shoots and wounds Hendrik Verwoerd, the Prime Minister of South Africa, while he opens the Rand Easter Show at Milner Park, Johannesburg.
- 19 – The South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO) is founded in Windhoek, South West Africa.
- May
- 4 – Robert Sobukwe, President of the Pan Africanist Congress, is sentenced to 3 years imprisonment for incitement of black Africans to urge the repeal of pass laws.
- 6 – Umhlobo Wenene FM is founded.
- July
- 15 – The first Boeing 707 arrives in South Africa.[3][4]
- October
- 5 – The white population votes in a referendum to sever South Africa's last links with the British monarchy and become a republic.[5]
- November
- 14 – Serial Killer "Pangaman" Elias Xitavhudzi is hanged for the murders of 16 white men and women in Atteridgeville in the 1950s.
Births
- 12 March – Sello Maake Ka-Ncube, actor.
- 14 April – Pat Symcox, cricketer
- 8 June – Frank Opperman, actor
- 24 June – Carel du Plessis, rugby player
- 16 July – PJ Powers aka Thandeka, musician.
- 24 August – Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, politician.
- 25 August – David Mabuza, Deputy President of South Africa
- 13 September – Kevin Carter, photojournalist. (d. 1994)
- 18 October – Mark Mathabane, author, lecturer and college professor.
Deaths
- 13 June – Ken McArthur, athlete. (b. 1881)
Railways
Sports
References
- ^ Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Governors-General: 1910-1961 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
- ^ a b Jeffery, Anthea (2009). People's War - New Light on the Struggle for South Africa (1st ed.). Johannesburg & Cape Town: Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-86842-357-6.
- ^ South African History Online - The first Boeing 707 jet aircraft arrives in South Africa (Accessed on 13 April 2017)
- ^ 707 Model Summary - Through March 2017 Archived 4 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed on 13 April 2017)
- ^ South Africa, 5 October 1960: Proclamation of the Republic Direct Democracy (in German)
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