1906 in South Africa

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[edit] Events

• Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa.
• 2 May — Lord Alfred Milner, British colonial secretary and the High Commissioner for Southern Africa, returns to Britain.
• 6 May — British troops kill over 60 Zulus during a punitive expedition near Durban.

[edit] Births

• 5 March — Siegfried Mynhardt, actor, is born in Johannesburg.
• 11 June — Nicolaas Petrus van Wyk Louw, poet, dramatist and essayist, is born in Sutherland, Cape Colony.
• 30 October — Archibald Campbell Mzoliza Jordan, a Xhosa writer and linguist, is born in the Tsolo district of the Cape Colony.
• 13 December — Laurens van der Post, author, farmer, war hero, political adviser, educator, journalist, humanitarian, philosopher, explorer, and conservationist, is born in Philippolis.

[edit] See also

• 1905 in South Africa
• Other events of 1906
• 1906 in South African sport
• 1907 in South Africa
• Timeline of South African history