1906 in South Africa
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[edit] Events
- Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa.
- 2 May — Lord Alfred Milner, British colonial secretary and the High Commissioner for Southern Africa, returns to Britain.
- 6 May — British troops kill over 60 Zulus during a punitive expedition near Durban.
- June
- The first issue of the Annals of the Natal Government Museum (currently African Invertebrates) is published by Natal Museum in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
[edit] Births
- 5 March — Siegfried Mynhardt, actor, is born in Johannesburg.
- 11 June — Nicolaas Petrus van Wyk Louw, poet, dramatist and essayist, is born in Sutherland, Cape Colony.
- 30 October — Archibald Campbell Mzoliza Jordan, a Xhosa writer and linguist, is born in the Tsolo district of the Cape Colony.
- 13 December — Laurens van der Post, author, farmer, war hero, political adviser, educator, journalist, humanitarian, philosopher, explorer, and conservationist, is born in Philippolis.
