1964 in South Africa

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See also: 1963 in South Africa, other events of 1964, 1965 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.

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Contents 1 Events 1.1 January 1.2 February 1.3 March 1.4 June 1.5 July 1.6 Unknown date 2 Births 3 Deaths

[edit] Events

[edit] January

• 31 January - The University of Port Elizabeth is established

[edit] February

• South Africa is suspended from the International Labour Organisation

[edit] March

• 11 March - South Africa withdraws from the International Labour Organisation

[edit] June

• Nelson Mandela's original 5 year sentence is commuted for life for high treason in the Rivonia Trial
• 5 June - South Africa is expelled from the Universal Postal Union in Vienna

[edit] July

• 24 July - Frederick John Harris, a schoolteacher, explodes a bomb at Park Station (Johannesburg's main railway station) killing Ethel Rhys, a 77 year old woman and injuring 23 others
• Nelson Mandela is awarded the Joliot-Curie Gold Medal for Peace

[edit] Unknown date

• Sewsunker "Papwa" Sewgolum, an Indian golfer, wins the Dutch Open tournament for the third time
• The African National Congress establishes offices in Dar-es-Salaam
• The Mahotella Queens are formed in the Johannesburg studios of Gallo Record Company, by producer Rupert Bopape

[edit] Births

• July 27 - Verinda Scott, Born in Pretoria, South Africa.
• 3 November - Brenda Fassie, singer, is born in Langa, Cape Town

[edit] Deaths