1974 in South Africa

See also: 1973 in South Africa, other events of 1974, 1975 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.

Events

• 18 March – members of the World Council of Churches's Executive or Central Committee are banned from South Africa
• 25 April – A coup in Portugal leds to withdrawal from its colonies in Angola and Mozambique
• 6 May – The British and Irish Lions begin a controversial twenty-two match rugby union tour of South Africa and Rhodesia

Births

Deaths

• 30 April – Johanna Suzanna Holtzhausen, a coloratura singer and member of the Music Committee of the Federation of Afrikaans Cultural Organisations, dies at the age of 88