1932 in South Africa
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See also: 1931 in South Africa, other events of 1932, 1933 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.
[edit] Events
- 21 September - A new embellished version of the Coat of arms of South Africa is approved
[edit] Births
- 22 March - Kgadime Oliver Matsepe, novelist and poet, is born in Magagamatala near Groblersdal
- 27 April - Roelof Frederik Botha, a politician, is born in Rustenburg
- 11 June - Athol Fugard, author and dramatist, is born in Middelburg
- 12 June - Mimi Coertse, opera soprano born in Durban
[edit] Deaths
- 19 June - Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje, intellectual, journalist, linguist, politician, translator, and writer, dies in Kimberley at the age of 55
- 15 July - Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, playwright, poet, journalist and politician, dies in Oudtshoorn at the age of 58
- 30 December - Daisy de Melker (46), is hanged for the murder of her 20-year old son Rhodes Cole, who died on 5 March, 1932 of arsenic poisoning.
