1910 in South Africa

All you want to know about 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.

Contents

1 Events
- 1.1 May
- 1.2 Unknown date
2 Births
3 Deaths

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 Africa

South 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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