1969 in South Africa

See also: 1968 in South Africa, other events of 1969, 1970 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.

Events

April

• 25 April – 1 May – The African National Congress holds its first national consultative conference in Morogoro, Tanzania. It is now called the "Morogoro Conference"

 – The Department of Intelligence and Security of the African National Congress is established under Moses Mabhida

Unknown date

• Dorothy Nyembe is convicted of defeating the end of justice by harbouring members of Umkhonto we Sizwe and sentenced to 15 years imprisonment in Barberton Prison
• South Africa's Atomic Energy Board creates a commission to evaluate the technical and economic aspects of peaceful nuclear explosives for use in mines

Births

• Wessel Johannes Cronje, all-rounder cricketer, is born in Bloemfontein

Deaths