1951 in South Africa

See also: 1950 in South Africa, other events of 1951, 1952 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.

Events

• 30 March – The Group Areas Act which was passed in 1950 becomes law
• Ernest George Jansen is appointed the 9th Governor-General of the Union of South Africa

Births

Deaths

• 6 April – Dr. Robert Broom, an archaeologist who discovered Mrs Ples in 1947, dies