1902 in South Africa
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See also: 1901 in South Africa, other events of 1902, 1903 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.
Events
May
- 4 May - Boer General Jan Smuts meets with the British General Horatio Kitchener at Kroonstad
- 6 May - Qulusi-Zulu chief Sokhobobo attacks Field-cornet Potgieter and 70 Boers while sleeping with a 300 strong impi leaving 56 Boers and 52 Zulus dead in the Holkrantz massacre
- 31 May - The Second Boer War ends with the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging at Pretoria
Unknown date
- James Stevenson-Hamilton is appointed the first warden of the Kruger National Park
Births
Deaths
- 26 March - Cecil Rhodes
- 2 May - Jan Stephanus de Villiers, composer and organist, dies in Paarl, Cape Colony
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