1949 in South Africa

See also: 1948 in South Africa, other events of 1949, 1950 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.

Events

• The Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act is passed
• The South African Postal Services started forcing Europeans and non-Europeans to stand in separate queues in post offices and they are served at different counters

Births

Deaths

• 4 May – Hendrik Adolph Mulder, poet and Afrikaans literary critic, dies in Grahamstown