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South Africa in 1949

Historical records for South Africa in 1949, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

8Records
8Events
4Named people
2Places
3Categories

Historical records

January

13 January 1949Birth of Trevor RabinTrevor Rabin

Johannesburg · Arts / Popular Music

Birth of Trevor Rabin, later Yes guitarist, vocalist and songwriter during the 1980s.

July

1 July 1949Interracial Marriage BanDaniel Francois Malan

Pretoria · Government / Government of South Africa

The law becomes an early pillar of statutory apartheid.

1 July 1949Prohibition of Mixed Marriages ActDaniel Francois Malan

Pretoria · Government / Government of South Africa

Government enacts a ban on marriages classified as interracial.

Other Events

1949FranchiseDaniel Francois Malan

Government / Government of South Africa

Citizenship Act, extends the franchise to Germans in South West Africa

1949LegislationDaniel Francois Malan

Government / Government of South Africa

Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act, prohibits marriages between white people and people of other races. Prohibition of Marriages Act, apartheid legislation. Citizenship Act, extends the franchise to Germans in South West Africa

1949President of South AfricaJames Moroka

Politics / ANC

Appointed President General of the ANC

1949Reform of Electoral SystemDaniel Francois Malan

Government / Government of South Africa

German South West Africans support Malan, he is less dependent on the Afrikaner Party. Citizenship Act, extends the franchise to Germans in South West Africa

1949SecretaryWalter Max Ulyate Sisulu

Politics / ANC

Appointed Secretary General of the ANC

Names involved

Daniel Francois MalanJames MorokaTrevor RabinWalter Max Ulyate Sisulu

Places involved

JohannesburgPretoria

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varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.