1913 in South Africa

All you want to know about 1913 in South Africa

The Natives Land Act is passed limiting land ownership for blacks to black territories
The City of Greater Cape Town is formed by the union of Central Cape Town, Green Point and Sea Point, Woodstock, Maitland, Mowbray, Rondebosch, Claremont and Kalk Bay
South Africa's first flying school opens in Kimberley to train the pilots of the South African Aviation Corps, later the South African Air Force
11 January - The Springboks beat the les Tricolores 38-5 in Bordeaux, France

9 December - Gerard Sekoto, artist, is born at Botshabelo mission, near Middleberg, Mpumalanga

12 March - Christoffel Cornelis Froneman, the commandant of the Orange Free State and founder of Marquard, dies
30 April - Daniël Jacobus Erasmus, acting state president of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, dies in Bethal at the age of 83

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