Permanent year factsheet

South Africa in 1925

Name: South Africa in 1925 historical records
Creator: World History Database

Historical records for South Africa in 1925, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

5Records

5Events

3Named people

2Places

2Categories

Historical records

May

8 May 1925Afrikaans Official LanguageDaniel Francois Malan

Pretoria · Government / Government of South Africa

Supports legislation recognizing Afrikaans as an official language.

8 May 1925Language Status ReformDaniel Francois Malan

Pretoria · Government / Government of South Africa

The change replaces Dutch for official constitutional purposes.

Other Events

1925Gold StandardJames Barry Munnik Hertzog

Pretoria · Government / Government of South Africa

South Africa restores gold convertibility after sterling returns to the pre-war parity.

1925Primary School at QunuNelson Rolihlahla Mandela

Qunu · Politics / ANC

Attends primary school near Qunu.

1925Receives the Name NelsonNelson Rolihlahla Mandela

Qunu · Politics / ANC

Teacher Miss Mdingane gives Rolihlahla the name Nelson.

Names involved

Daniel Francois MalanJames Barry Munnik HertzogNelson Rolihlahla Mandela

Places involved

PretoriaQunu

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.