1970 in South Africa
# 1970 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1970 in South Africa.

## Incumbents

* State President: Jim Fouché.
* Prime Minister: John Vorster.
* Chief Justice: Lucas Cornelius Steyn.

## Events

### May

* 21 – Prime Minister John Vorster and Prime Minister of Rhodesia Ian Smith hold private talks.

### June

* 12 – Mangosuthu Buthelezi is elected first Chief Executive Officer of the black homeland of KwaZulu.

### December

* 7 – The U.N. General Assembly supports the isolation of South Africa for its apartheid policies.

## Births

* 4 January – Marc Batchelor, soccer player (d. 2019)
* 7 January – Sizwe Motaung, soccer player (d. 2001)
* 30 January – Hans Vonk (footballer), soccer goalkeeper
* 30 March – Ruben Kruger, rugby player (d. 2010)
* 19 February – Kurt Darren, singer
* 2 March – Nicolene Neal, lawn bowler
* 30 March – Leleti Khumalo, actress
* 12 May – Steve Palframan, cricketer
* 22 May – Pollen Ndlanya soccer player
* 3 June – Johan Ackermann, rugby player & coach
* 10 June – Connie Ferguson, Botswana-born South African actress
* 20 June – Athol Williams (AE Ballakisten), poet and social philosopher
* 3 July – Deon Kayser, rugby player
* 30 July – Eric Tinkler, soccer player
* 8 August – Chester Williams, rugby player (d. 2019)
* 10 September – Phaswane Mpe, poet and novelist (d. 2004)
* 28 September – Vatiswa Ndara, actress
* 27 October – Tina Jaxa, actress
* 14 November – André Venter, rugby player
* 5 December – Sibusiso Vilane, adventurer, motivational speaker & author, first black African to summit Mount Everest

## Railways

### Locomotives

* The South African Railways places the first of eighty Class 6E mainline electric locomotives in service. Two are also built for Iscor for use at the Sishen iron ore mine.

## Sports

### Rugby

* 10 January – The South African Springboks draw 8–8 with Ireland at Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland.
