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1974 in South Africa

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1974
in
South Africa

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The following lists events that happened during 1974 in South Africa.

Incumbents

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Events

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January
March
April
May
June
  • 5 – The Japanese government announces that South Africans will no longer be granted visas to enter Japan.
July
  • 7 – New Zealand imposes a blanket ban on sports teams from South Africa.[3]
September
October
  • 25 – Pik Botha declares at the United Nations that South Africa is beginning to make far-reaching reforms.
November
  • 12 – The United Nations General Assembly suspends South Africa from participating in its work, due to international opposition to the policy of apartheid. South Africa was re-admitted to the UN in 1994 following its transition into a democracy.
  • 26 – Anneline Kriel is crowned as Miss World 1974, the second South African to hold the title after Penny Coelen in 1958, when Helen Morgan resigns four days after winning the 24th Miss World pageant.
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Births

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Deaths

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Class 6E1, Series 5
Class 35-200 (GM-EMD GT18MC)

Railways

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Locomotives

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Sports

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References

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  1. ^ Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Heads of State: 1961-1994 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
  2. ^ Guinness Book of World Records. Sterling Publishing Company. 1976. p. 33.
  3. ^ South African History Online: New Zealand imposes a blanket ban on sports teams from South Africa (Accessed on 28 April 2017)
  4. ^ a b c d e Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 128–129, 140–142. ISBN 0869772112.
  5. ^ a b c d 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
  6. ^ 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. 50, 57, 60.