1932 in South Africa

← 1931 1930 1929 1932 in South Africa → 1933 1934 1935
Decades:	1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
See also:	List of years in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1932 in South Africa.

Incumbents

• Monarch: King George V.
• Governor-General and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: The Earl of Clarendon.
• Prime Minister: James Barry Munnik Hertzog.
• Chief Justice: Jacob de Villiers then John Wessels.

Events

September

• 21 – A new embellished version of the coat of arms of South Africa is approved.

Births

• 18 January – Peter Magubane, photographer
• 4 March – Miriam Makeba, South African singer. (d. 2008) ^[1]
• 13 April – Barney Simon, writer, playwright and director (d. 1995)
• 25 April – Frene Ginwala, Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa
• 27 April – Pik Botha, politician. (d. 2018) ^[2]
• 12 May – Joel Joffe, Baron Joffe, lawyer. (d. 2017) ^[3]
• 11 June – Athol Fugard, author and dramatist. (d. 2025)
• 12 June
  • Patrick Mynhardt, actor. (d. 2007)
  • Mimi Coertse, opera soprano.
• 18 June – Louis Luyt, business tycoon and politician, and one-time rugby administrator (d. 2013)
• 26 June – Harry Bromfield, cricketer.
• 12 July – Sheena Duncan, member of the Anglican Church's Challenge Group and Black Sash movement. (d. 2010)
• 29 November – Johann Kriegler, Constitutional Court of South Africa.

Deaths

• 19 June – Sol Plaatje, intellectual, journalist, linguist, politician, translator and writer. (b. 1876)
• 15 July – Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, playwright, poet, journalist and politician. (b. 1873)
• 30 December – Daisy de Melker is hanged for the murder of her 20-year-old son Rhodes Cowle. (b. 1886) ^[4]

Sports

• 1932 Currie Cup ^[5]

References

1. Carmichael, Stokely (2003). Ready for revolution : the life and struggles of Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture). Michael Thelwell. New York: Scribner. pp. 651–652. ISBN   0-684-85003-6. OCLC   53019605.
2. Van der Vat, Dan (12 October 2018). "Pik Botha obituary". The Guardian . Retrieved 13 October 2018.
3. Lord Joffe obituary | South Africa
4. Tomlins, Marilyn Z. (2 December 2007). "Daisy de Melker: South Africa's First Serial Killer". Crime Magazine. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
5. "Currie Cup Finals History". SuperSport. 27 October 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2015.