1917 in South Africa
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[edit] Events
- The Castle in Cape Town is handed over to the South African Defence Force
- The gold mining company Anglo American Corporation is founded by Ernest Oppenheimer
- 16 January - The SS Mendi, a troopship, set sail from Cape Town to Le Havre, France transporting 823 members of the 802nd South African Native Labour Corps
- 21 February - The SS Mendi is struck on the starboard side by the SS Darro, a 11,000 ton liner, and 646 people lose their lives
[edit] Births
- 27 October - Oliver Reginald Tambo is born in Bizana
- 20 December - Petrus Hendrik Hugo, World War II fighter pilot, is born
[edit] Deaths
- 18 January - Andrew Murray, author, educationist and pastor, died at the age of 88
