1911 in South Africa
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[edit] Events
- 18 April - Lusitania, a Portuguese 5,557 ton passenger liner struck Bellows Rock just off Cape Point onroute from Mozambique to Lisbon and sinks. Only 8 out of the 774 people on board lost their lives.
- April 27 – Louis Botha and James Hertzog found the South Africa Party.[citation needed]
[edit] Births
- Lillian Masediba Ngoyi "Ma Ngoyi", a dressmaker, political activist and trade unionist is born in Gamatlala near Pretoria
- 8 January - Esther Susanna Mentz, soprano and actress, is born in Edenville, Orange Free State
[edit] Deaths
- 4 February - Piet Cronjé, Boer General, dies in Potchefstroom at the age of 74
- 28 May - Rev S.J. du Toit, pioneer of the Afrikaans language, dies in Paarl
