1974 in South Africa

← 1973 1972 1971 1974 in South Africa → 1975 1976 1977
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	List of years in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1974 in South Africa.

Incumbents

• State President: Jim Fouché.^[1]
• Prime Minister: John Vorster.
• Chief Justice: Newton Ogilvie Thompson then Frans Lourens Herman Rumpff.

Events

January

• 4 – Harry Schwarz and Chief Minister of KwaZulu Gatsha Buthelezi sign the Mahlabatini Declaration of Faith.
• 11 – David, Elizabeth, Emma, Grant, Jason and Nicolette Rosenkowitz are born in Cape Town, the first sextuplets in the world where all six babies survive.

March

• 18 – Members of the World Council of Churches's Executive or Central Committee are banned from South Africa.
• 19 – The Narcotics Bureau of the South African Police is established.
• 19 – Harry Schwarz and Chief Minister Cedric Phatudi of Lebowa sign the Seshego Declaration.

April

• 24 – A whites only general election takes place and is won by the National Party.
• 25 – A coup in Portugal leads to that country's withdrawal from its colonies in Angola and Mozambique.

May

• 29 – Prime Minister of South Africa John Vorster and Prime Minister of Rhodesia Ian Smith meet and agree to co-operative co-existence with and non-interference in the internal affairs of a black-ruled Mozambique.

June

• 5 – The Japanese government announces that South Africans will no longer be granted visas to enter Japan.

July

• 7 – New Zealand imposes a blanket ban on sports teams from South Africa.^[2]

September

• 22–23 – Prime Minister of South Africa John Vorster and President of Côte d'Ivoire Félix Houphouët-Boignyhold talks.

October

• 25 – Pik Botha declares at the United Nations that South Africa is beginning to make far-reaching reforms.

November

• 26 – Anneline Kriel is crowned as Miss World 1974, the second South African to hold the title after Penny Coelen in 1958, when Helen Morgan resigns four days after winning the 24th Miss World pageant.

Unknown date

• The Sishen-Saldanha iron ore line is opened.^[3]

Births

• 7 February – Steve Nash, South African-born Canadian basketball player
• 5 March – Megan Hall, triathlete
• 15 March – Percy Montgomery, Springbok rugby player
• 13 April – K. Sello Duiker, novelist (d. 2005)
• 29 June – Judith Sephuma, singer
• 30 June – Hezekiél Sepeng, middle distance athlete
• 11 July – Michelle Claire Edwards, badminton player
• 8 November – Penny Heyns, breast-stroke swimmer

Deaths

• 1 February – Abram Onkgopotse Tiro, militant student leader. (b. 1947)
• 2 February – Thomas Sturgess, an Indian cricketer, dies in Cape Town (b. 1898)
• 22 March – Peter Revson, American race car driver, died in pre-race crash at the South African Grand Prix in Midrand. (b. 1939)
• 3 April – Ossie Newton-Thompson, cricketer and politician. (b. 1920)
• 20 May – Leontine Sagan, director and actress. (b. 1889)
• 28 May – Matthew Frew, Air Vice Marshal of the South African Air Force, died in Pretoria. (b. 1895)

Class 6E1, Series 5

Class 35-200 (GM-EMD GT18MC)

Railways

Sports

• 6 May – The British and Irish Lions begin a controversial twenty-two match rugby union tour of South Africa and Rhodesia.

References