Events

• 20 August - The restored manor house of Groot Constantia
  Groot Constantia
  Groot Constantia is the oldest wine estate in South Africa and national monument in the suburb of Constantia in Cape Town, South Africa."Groot" in Dutch and Afrikaans translates as "great" in English.-History:...
  
   is opened again after a fire devastated it in 1925
  1925 in South Africa
  -Events:* Afrikaans officially replaces Dutch as the second language after English* The manor house of Groot Constantia is guttered by a fire* 1 May - Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, Prince of Wales, arrives in Cape Town on a visit to South Africa...
  
  

Births

• 13 January - Sydney Brenner
  Sydney Brenner
  Sydney Brenner, CH FRS is a South African biologist and a 2002 Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate, shared with H...
  
  , biologist
  Biologist
  A biologist is a scientist devoted to and producing results in biology through the study of life. Typically biologists study organisms and their relationship to their environment. Biologists involved in basic research attempt to discover underlying mechanisms that govern how organisms work...
  
   and Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
  Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
  The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine administered by the Nobel Foundation, is awarded once a year for outstanding discoveries in the field of life science and medicine. It is one of five Nobel Prizes established in 1895 by Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, in his will...
  
   laureate, is born in Germiston
  Germiston, Gauteng
  Germiston is a city in the East Rand of Gauteng in South Africa. Germiston is now the seat of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality which includes much of the East Rand, and is also considered part of Greater Johannesburg.-History:...
  
  , Johannesburg
  Johannesburg
  Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...
  
  
• May - Philemon (Duma) Pearce Dumasile Nokwe, the first African advocate
  Advocate
  An advocate is a term for a professional lawyer used in several different legal systems. These include Scotland, South Africa, India, Scandinavian jurisdictions, Israel, and the British Crown dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man...
  
   of the Supreme Court of Transvaal and politician
  Politician
  A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
  
  , is born
• 10 June - Mizream Maseko, artist and Zion Christian Church
  Zion Christian Church
  The Zion Christian Church is one of the largest African initiated churches in southern Africa, with members belonging to ZCC star and members belonging to the saint Engenas ZCC...
  
   deacon is born
• 22 October - Helenard Joe Hendrickse (Allan Hendrickse)
  Allan Hendrickse
  Helenard Joe Hendrickse was a South African politician, Congregationalist minister, and teacher. He participated in an act of defiance by swimming at a South African beach reserved for whites only. He was born in Uitenhage in the Eastern Cape and died of a heart attack at Port Elizabeth's airport...
  
   is born in Uitenhage
  Uitenhage
  Uitenhage is a South African town with 275,185 inhabitants in the Eastern Cape Province. It is well known for the Volkswagen factory located there, which is the biggest car factory on the African continent. The town's name is pronounced by English speakers and in Afrikaans...
  
  , Cape Province
  Cape Province
  The Province of the Cape of Good Hope was a province in the Union of South Africa and subsequently the Republic of South Africa...