The following lists events that happened during 1960 in South Africa. Monarch: Queen Elizabeth II Governor-General: Charles Robberts Swart (from 12 January)...

republic was held in South Africa on 5 October 1960. The Afrikaner-dominated right-wing National Party, which had come to power in 1948, was avowedly...

Census of 1960 was the 5th comprehensive national census of the Union of South Africa. It undertook to enumerate every person present in South Africa on the...

Sewsunker "Papwa" Sewgolum won the Dutch Open golf tournament for the second year in a row. 1960 in South Africa Timeline of South African sport v t e v t e...

was the highest state official in the Union of South Africa between 31 May 1910 and 31 May 1961. The Union of South Africa was founded as a self-governing...

system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s. It was characterised...

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. Its nine provinces are bounded to the south by 2,798...

The Union of South Africa competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 55 competitors, 53 men and 2 women, took part in 46 events in 12 sports....

Most English-speaking South Africans were opposed to the creation of a republic, many of them voting "no" in the 5 October 1960 referendum. But due to...

as the Year of Africa, 1960 saw 17 African countries declare independence among other events. Mau Mau Uprising is officially over in Kenya. 9–11 January...