1948 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1948 in South Africa.

1948
in
South Africa

Decades:
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
See also:

Incumbents

Events

January
March
  • 13 Dr. K. Goonam leads a batch of twelve passive resisters across the Natal-Transvaal border.
May
  • 26 The National Party wins the General Elections in coalition with the Afrikaner Party (AP).
  • 28 The National Party forms a new South African government as incumbent prime minister Jan Smuts loses his seat.
June
September
  • 8 A group of 83 German children, orphaned by the war, arrives in Table Bay.
  • 10 The German orphans reach Pretoria to settle in South Africa.
October
  • 15 Foreign Minister Eric Louw informs Commonwealth leaders that South Africa is not prepared to allow interference in its domestic affairs.

Births

Deaths

Railways

Railway lines opened

References

  1. "Marion Island – History". Sanap.ac.za. Archived from the original on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  2. 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
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