1902 in South Africa

See also: 1901 in South Africa, other events of 1902, 1903 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.

Events

• 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
• 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