1968 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1968 in South Africa.

Incumbents

 * State President:
 * Tom Naudé (acting until 9 April).
 * Jim Fouché (from 10 April).
 * Prime Minister: John Vorster.
 * Chief Justice: Lucas Cornelius Steyn.

Events

 * January
 * 1 – Magnus Malan is appointed as Officer Commanding of the Military Academy in Saldanha.


 * April
 * 10 – Jacobus Johannes Fouché becomes the 3rd State President of South Africa.
 * 20 – A South African Airways Boeing 707 crashes after take-off from Windhoek, killing 122 of the 129 on board.
 * 30 – The bill establishing five universities for Blacks comes into force.


 * Unknown date
 * The Liberal Party of South Africa is banned by the government.
 * Dorothy Nyembe is arrested for the second time and charged under the Suppression of Communism Act.
 * In the Villa Peri campaign, the Azanian People's Liberation Army tries to infiltrate members into South Africa via Botswana and Mozambique.
 * The South African Bureau of State Security is formed independently of the South African Police, accountable to the Prime Minister.

Births

 * 22 February – Camilla Waldman, actress
 * 29 February – Suanne Braun, actress
 * 5 March – Lindani Nkosi, actor
 * 28 April – Andy Flower, Zimbabwean cricketer
 * 17 May – Mickey Arthur, cricket player and coach
 * 30 June – Rebecca Malope, gospel singer & TV host
 * 4 September – Daniel Mudau, football player
 * 16 September – Loren Wulfsohn, synchronized swimmer
 * 23 September – Zane Moosa, football player
 * 25 December – Andrew Tucker, football player

Deaths

 * 7 January – J.L.B. Smith, ichthyologist (b. 1897).
 * 10 January – Eben Dönges, politician and elected State President (b. 1898).
 * 21 June 21 – Constance Georgina Tardrew, South African botanist (b. 1883).

Locomotives

 * In July, the South African Railways places the first of 115 Class 33-400 General Electric type U20C diesel-electric locomotives in service in South West Africa.

Sports

 * 17 September – The Marylebone Cricket Club tour of South Africa is cancelled when South Africa refuses to accept the presence of Basil D'Oliveira in the side.