State President: Charles Robberts Swart
January
31 – The University of Port Elizabeth is established.
February
South Africa is suspended from the International Labour Organisation.
March
11 – South Africa withdraws from the International Labour Organisation.
June
5 – South Africa is expelled from the Universal Postal Union in Vienna.
12 – In the Rivonia Trial Nelson Mandela's original 5-year sentence is extended to life for high treason.
July
24 – Frederick John Harris, a schoolteacher, explodes a bomb at Park Station, killing Ethel Rhys, a 77-year-old woman, and injuring 23 others.
Nelson Mandela is awarded the Joliot Curie Gold Medal for Peace.
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 by producer Rupert Bopape in the Johannesburg studios of Gallo Record Company,.
The Munitions Production Board is formed in order to develop South African self-sufficiency in the manufacturing of arms.
Neville Alexander is imprisoned on Robben Island.
3 November – Brenda Fassie, singer, is born in Langa, Cape Town.
The South African Railways places the first of one hundred Class 5E1, Series 3 electric locomotives in mainline service.
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