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* 1964 in South African sport
* List of years in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1964 in South Africa.

## Incumbents

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* State President: Charles Robberts Swart.[1]
* Prime Minister: Hendrik Verwoerd.
* Chief Justice: Lucas Cornelius Steyn.

## Events

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January

* 31 – The University of Port Elizabeth is established.

February

* South Africa is suspended from the International Labour Organization.

March

* 11 – South Africa withdraws from the International Labour Organization.

June

* 5 – South Africa is expelled from the Universal Postal Union in Vienna.
* 12 – In the Rivonia Trial, Nelson Mandela's original 5-year sentence is extended to life sentence for high treason together with Denis Goldberg, Ahmed Kathrada, Govan Mbeki, Raymond Mhlaba, Andrew Mlangeni, Elias Motsoaledi and Walter Sisulu.

July

* 17 – Nelson Mandela is awarded the Joliot Curie Gold Medal for Peace.[2]
* 24 – John Harris, a schoolteacher, explodes a bomb at Park Station, killing 77-year-old Ethel Rhys and injuring 23 others.

August

* 18 – The International Olympic Committee bans South Africa from the Tokyo Olympics on the grounds that its teams are racially segregated.

November

* 6 – Vuyisile Mini is being hanged due to death penalty for treason together with Wilson Khayinga and Zinakile Mkaba.

Unknown date

* The African National Congress establishes offices in Dar-es-Salaam.
* The Mahotella Queens are formed by producer Rupert Bopape in the Johannesburg studios of Gallo Record Company.
* The Munitions Production Board is formed in order to develop South African self-sufficiency in the manufacturing of arms.
* Neville Alexander is imprisoned on Robben Island.

November

* The Little Rivonia Trial begins.

December

* In the Little Rivonia Trial, sentence was introduced for another treason:
Wilton Mkwayi received life sentence; Dave Kitson twenty years; Laloo Chiba eighteen years; John Matthews fifteen years and Mac Maharaj twelve years.

## Births

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* 13 January – Laurette Maritz, golfer
* 21 January – Mark Gleeson (journalist), soccer commentator & journalist
* 24 February – Wendy Oldfield, singer
* 18 March – Yvonne Chaka Chaka, singer & businesswoman
* 5 April – Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo, King of the abaThembu
* 15 April – André Joubert, rugby player
* 13 April – Colleen De Reuck, long-distance runner
* 16 May – Kobus Wiese, former rugby player & tv personality
* 18 May – Balie Swart, rugby player
* 10 June – Keketso Semoko, actress and producer
* 11 July – Gavin Hunt, football coach
* 20 July – Deon Lotz, actor
* 26 July – Pitso Mosimane, former football player & coach
* 3 August – Lucky Dube, reggae musician (d. 2007)
* 19 August – Hector Pieterson, schoolboy who was shot and killed in Soweto uprising (d. 1976)
* 4 September – Menzi Ngubane, actor (d. 2021)
* 1 October – Roger De Sa, former football player & coach
* 5 October – Masoja Msiza, actor and poet
* 3 November – Brenda Fassie, singer (d. 2004)
* 12 December – Ringo Madlingozi, musician

## Deaths

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* 7 June – Charlie Llewellyn, first non-white South African test cricketer. (b. 1876)
* 6 November – Vuyisile Mini, South African anti-apartheid activist. (b. 1920)

## Railways

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Class 5E1, Series 3

### Locomotives

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* The South African Railways places the first of one hundred Class 5E1, Series 3 electric locomotives in mainline service, built by Union Carriage & Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal.[3][4]

## Sports

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* Papwa Sewgolum, an Indian golfer, wins the Dutch Open tournament for the third time.

## 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. ^ "This day in history: 17 July 1964". South African History Online. Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
3. ^ 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
4. ^ Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. p. 128\. ISBN 0869772112.

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