1962 in South Africa
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Events from the year 1962 in South Africa. This year is notable for its internal and international resistance campaigns against the country's
South African national football team, forcing South African football authorities to add black players to the team.[2] The government, in turn strengthened methods of enforcing Apartheid, and the Robben Island prison was made a political prison in 1962.[3]
Incumbents
- Charles Robberts Swart.[4]
- Prime Minister: Hendrik Verwoerd.
- Chief Justice: Lucas Cornelius Steyn.
Events
- January
- Umkhonto we Sizwe.
- March
- 12 – Defence Minister Jim Fouché outlines South Africa's defence policy to make South Africa self-supporting in military equipment.
- May
- 6 – Victorio Carpio (Philippines) and Martinez de Alva (Mexico), both United Nations representatives, begin informal talks in Pretoria about South West Africa with Hendrik Verwoerd, Prime Minister of South Africa.
- July
- The Sabotage Act removes freedom of speechfrom opposition publications.
- 20 – Nelson Mandela returns to South Africa after military training with Umkhonto we Sizwe in Algeria.
- August
- 5 – Howick.
- October
- 13 – Helen Joseph becomes the first person to be placed under house arrest under the Sabotage Act.
- Lillian Ngoyi is banned for 10 years, confining her to Orlando Township in Johannesburg and forbidding her to attend any gatherings.
- November
- 6 – The Resolution 1761.
- December
- 10 – Albert Lutuli launch a Human Rights Campaign in which they appeal for "Action against Apartheid".
- Seven members of Pan Africanist Congress, die in a failed attempt to assassinate Chief Kaiser Matanzima.
- Unknown date
- FIFA suspends South Africa.
- A maximum security prison is completed on Robben Island.
- Dieter Gerhardt begins spying for the Soviet Union.
Births
- 1 January – Springboks rugby player Cobus Reinach (died 1997)
- 28 January – Patrice Motsepe, mining billionaire businessman, founder of founder and executive chairman of African Rainbow Minerals.
- 13 April – Chris Riddell, illustrator
- 28 April – Darrell Roodt, film director, screenwriter and producer. Best known for the 1992 film Sarafina
- 16 June – Arnold Vosloo, international actor.
- 2 July – South Africa national football team
- 10 July – Arthur Mafokate, recording artist, record producer & businessman.
- 15 July – Ebrahim Rasool, politician.
- 29 August – Steve Hofmeyr, singer, songwriter and actor.
- 7 September – Cliff Simon, athlete and actor (died 2021)
- 15 September – François Bloemhof, author, playwright and composer.
- 28 September – Thuli Madonsela, politician, advocate and Professor of law. Most well-known for being the Public Protector of South Africa.
- 11 October – .
- 12 October – Michelle Botes, best known for her portrayal of Cherel de Villiers Haines on the soap opera, Isidingo.
- 8 December – Greg Marinovich, photojournalist.
Deaths
- 23 September - Herbert Annesley Packer, Royal Navy Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of South Atlantic, dies in Cape Town (b. 1894)
- 21 December - Gary Hocking, racing driver and Grand Prix motorcycle racing world champion, killed during practice at the 1962 Natal Grand Prix in Durban
Railways
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References
- ^ "11 January 1962 - Mandela skips the country and appears in Addis Ababa | South African History Online". v1.sahistory.org.za. Archived from the original on 6 January 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ^ "History of South African soccer". News24. 7 May 2004. Archived from the original on 2 May 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ISBN 9780521007825. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ^ Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Heads of State: 1961-1994 (Accessed 14 April 2017)
