1913 in South Africa

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

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