1973 in South Africa
List of events
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The following lists events that happened during 1973 in South Africa.
Incumbents
- State President: Jim Fouché.[1]
- Prime Minister: John Vorster.
- Chief Justice: Newton Ogilvie Thompson.
Events
- January
- 8 – Two South African policemen are killed and two injured in an explosion near the Zambezi River in north-western Rhodesia.
- 9 – the first strike of the 1973 Durban strikes occurs
- February
- 1 – Venda and Gazankulu are granted self-government.
- March
- Steve Biko is banned by the government.
- August
- 25 – Harry Schwarz wins the leadership of the United Party in the Transvaal, replacing Marais Steyn.
- Unknown date
- The Natal Parks Board starts buying up farms to form the Itala Game Reserve.
- Michael Lapsley, an Anglican priest, arrives in South Africa.
- African and Arab states impose an oil embargo on South Africa.
Births
- 22 January – Brandon Silent, football player & coach.
- 13 February – Dino Quattrocecere, figure skater.
- 1 March – Robert Marawa, sports journalist, sports commentator, television presenter and radio host.
- 5 March – Dumisa Ngobe, football player
- 8 March – Jill Brukman, backstroke and medley swimmer.
- 20 March – Nicky Boje, cricketer.
- 15 April – Werner Swanepoel, rugby player.
- 10 May – Ollie Le Roux, rugby player.
- 31 May – Amanda Taylor, synchronized swimmer.
- 16 July – Shaun Pollock, former cricketer & commentator.
- 19 July – Nathalie Boltt, actress.
- 29 July – AJ Venter, rugby player.
- 25 August – Nico Panagio, actor & tv presenter.
- 18 September – Mark Shuttleworth, entrepreneur and space tourist.
- 29 October – Adam Bacher, cricketer.
- 31 October – Cobus Visagie, rugby player.
- 18 November – Michele MacNaughton, field hockey player.
- 27 November – Sharlto Copley, producer, actor, and director.
- 29 November – Raphael Smith, screenwriter and songwriter.
- 16 December – Themba Mnguni, football player.
Deaths
- 21 February – Cecil Kellaway, actor. (b. 1890)
Railways
Locomotives
Two new Cape gauge and one narrow gauge locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways:
- April – The first of one hundred Class 34-400 General Electric (GE) type U26C diesel-electric locomotives.[2]
- The first of one hundred Class 6E1, Series 4 electric locomotives.[2][3][4]
- September–December – Twenty Class 91-000 GE type UM6B narrow gauge diesel-electric locomotives on the Avontuur Railway.[2][3]
References
- ^ Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Heads of State: 1961-1994 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
- ^ a b c South African Railways Index and Diagrams Electric and Diesel Locomotives, 610mm and 1065mm Gauges, Ref LXD 14/1/100/20, 28 January 1975, as amended
- ^ a b Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 128–129, 144. ISBN 0869772112.
- ^ Middleton, John N. (2002). Railways of Southern Africa Locomotive Guide - 2002 (as amended by Combined Amendment List 4, January 2009) (2nd, Dec 2002 ed.). Herts, England: Beyer-Garratt Publications. pp. 56–57.
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