1913 in South Africa
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See also: 1912 in South Africa, other events of 1913, 1914 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.
Events
- The Natives Land Act is passed limiting land ownership for blacks to black territories
- The City of Greater Cape Town is formed by the union of Central Cape Town, Green Point and Sea Point, Woodstock, Maitland, Mowbray, Rondebosch, Claremont and Kalk Bay
- South Africa's first flying school opens in Kimberley to train the pilots of the South African Aviation Corps, later the South African Air Force
- 11 January - The Springboks beat the les Tricolores 38-5 in Bordeaux, France
Births
- 9 December - Gerard Sekoto, artist, is born at Botshabelo mission, near Middleberg, Mpumalanga
Deaths
- 12 March - Christoffel Cornelis Froneman, the commandant of the Orange Free State and founder of Marquard, dies
- 30 April - Daniël Jacobus Erasmus, acting state president of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, dies in Bethal at the age of 83
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