The following lists events that happened during 1970 in South Africa .
Incumbents
Events
May
June
December
7 – The U.N. General Assembly supports the isolation of South Africa for its apartheid policies.
Births
4 January – Marc Batchelor , soccer player (d. 2019)
7 January – Sizwe Motaung , soccer player (d. 2001)
30 January – Hans Vonk (footballer) , soccer goalkeeper
30 March – Ruben Kruger , rugby player (d. 2010)
19 February – Kurt Darren , singer
30 March – Leleti Khumalo , actress
31 March ;Hussen Seedat
12 May – Steve Palframan , cricketer
22 May – Pollen Ndlanya soccer player
3 June – Johan Ackermann , rugby player & coach
10 June – Connie Ferguson , Botswana-born South African actress
20 June – Athol Williams (AE Ballakisten), poet and social philosopher
3 July – Deon Kayser , rugby player
30 July – Eric Tinkler , soccer player
8 August – Chester Williams , rugby player (d. 2019)
10 September – Phaswane Mpe , poet and novelist (d. 2004)
28 September – Vatiswa Ndara , actress
27 October – Tina Jaxa , actress
14 November – André Venter , rugby player
5 December – Sibusiso Vilane , adventurer, motivational speaker & author, first black African to summit Mount Everest
Deaths
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Railways
Locomotives
The South African Railways places the first of eighty Class 6E mainline electric locomotives in service. Two are also built for Iscor for use at the Sishen iron ore mine.[2] [3] [4]
Sports
Rugby
References
^ Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Heads of State: 1961-1994 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
^ South African Railways Index and Diagrams Electric and Diesel Locomotives, 610mm and 1065mm Gauges, Ref LXD 14/1/100/20, 28 January 1975, as amended
^ Middleton, John N. (2002). Railways of Southern Africa Locomotive Guide - 2002 (as amended by Combined Amendment List 4, January 2009) (2nd, Dec 2002 ed.). Herts, England: Beyer-Garratt Publications. pp. 54, 63.
^ Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 128–129. ISBN 0869772112.
1970 in Africa
Sovereign states
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde (Cabo Verde)
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Eswatini (Swaziland)
Ethiopia
Gabon
The Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
States with limited recognition
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Somaliland
Dependencies and other territories
Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain)
Madeira (Portugal)
Mayotte / Réunion (France)
Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)