1970 in South Africa

← 1969 1968 1967 1970 in South Africa → 1971 1972 1973
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	List of years in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1970 in South Africa.

Incumbents

• State President: Jim Fouché. ^[1]
• Prime Minister: John Vorster.
• Chief Justice: Lucas Cornelius Steyn.

Events

May

• 21 – Prime Minister John Vorster and Prime Minister of Rhodesia Ian Smith hold private talks.

June

• 12 – Mangosuthu Buthelezi is elected first Chief Executive Officer of the black homeland of KwaZulu.

December

• 7 – The U.N. General Assembly supports the isolation of South Africa for its apartheid policies.

Births

• 4 January – Marc Batchelor, soccer player (d. 2019)
• 7 January – Sizwe Motaung, soccer player (d. 2001)
• 30 January – Hans Vonk (footballer), soccer goalkeeper
• 30 March – Ruben Kruger, rugby player (d. 2010)
• 19 February – Kurt Darren, singer
• 2 March – Nicolene Neal, lawn bowler ^[2]
• 30 March – Leleti Khumalo, actress
• 12 May – Steve Palframan, cricketer
• 22 May – Pollen Ndlanya soccer player
• 3 June – Johan Ackermann, rugby player & coach
• 10 June – Connie Ferguson, Botswana-born South African actress
• 20 June – Athol Williams (AE Ballakisten), poet and social philosopher
• 3 July – Deon Kayser, rugby player
• 30 July – Eric Tinkler, soccer player
• 8 August – Chester Williams, rugby player (d. 2019)
• 10 September – Phaswane Mpe, poet and novelist (d. 2004)
• 28 September – Vatiswa Ndara, actress
• 27 October – Tina Jaxa, actress
• 14 November – André Venter, rugby player
• 5 December – Sibusiso Vilane, adventurer, motivational speaker & author, first black African to summit Mount Everest

Deaths

Main article: Deaths in 1970

Further information: Category:1970 deaths

Railways

Class 6E

Locomotives

• The South African Railways places the first of eighty Class 6E mainline electric locomotives in service. Two are also built for Iscor for use at the Sishen iron ore mine. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Sports

Rugby

• 10 January – The South African Springboks draw 8–8 with Ireland at Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland.

References

1. Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Heads of State: 1961-1994 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
2. "Lawn Bowls | Athlete Profile: Nicolene NEAL - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
3. South African Railways Index and Diagrams Electric and Diesel Locomotives, 610mm and 1065mm Gauges, Ref LXD 14/1/100/20, 28 January 1975, as amended
4. Middleton, John N. (2002). Railways of Southern Africa Locomotive Guide - 2002 (as amended by Combined Amendment List 4, January 2009) (2nd, Dec 2002 ed.). Herts, England: Beyer-Garratt Publications. pp. 54, 63.
5. Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 128–129. ISBN   0869772112.