1910 in South Africa
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[edit] Events
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
- The Pretoria and Johannesburg branches of the Transvaal University College split into independent institutions, the branches later becoming the University of Pretoria and the University of the Witwatersrand respectively
[edit] 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
