1910 in South Africa

1910 in South Africa

"See also:"
1909 in South Africa,
other events of 1910,
1911 in South Africa and the
Timeline of South African history.

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Events

May

* 31 May - The formation of the Union of South Africa
** Herbert John Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone becomes the first Governor-General of the Union of South Africa
** Louis Botha becomes the first Prime Minister of South AfricaSouth Africa was given independence by United Kingdom

Unknown date

* Girl Guides started
* White population in South Africa - 21.5%
* The Witwatersrand gold mine owners are pressurised to improve sanitary conditions as a third of the black miners are dying of pneumonia

Births

* 24 March - Adolph Gysbert Malan, World War II fighter pilot, is born Wellington, Western Cape
* 30 September - Gagathura Mohambry Naicker, a medical doctor and prominent politician, is born

Deaths


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