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{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2013}}{{Use South African English|date=December 2013}}{{Year in South Africa|1970}}The following lists events that happened during 1970 in South Africa. Incumbents- State President: Jim Fouché.[1]
- Prime Minister: John Vorster.
- Chief Justice: Lucas Cornelius Steyn.
Events- May
- 21 – Prime Minister John Vorster and Prime Minister of Rhodesia Ian Smith hold private talks.
- June
- 12 – Mangosuthu Buthelezi is elected first Chief Executive Officer of the black homeland of KwaZulu.
- December
- 7 – The U.N. General Assembly supports the isolation of South Africa for its apartheid policies.
Births- 12 May – Steve Palframan, cricketer
- 10 June – Connie Ferguson, Botswana-born South African actress
- 20 June – Athol Williams (AE Ballakisten), poet and social philosopher
- 10 September – Phaswane Mpe, poet and novelist (d. 2004)
Deaths{{Empty section|date=November 2013}}RailwaysLocomotives- The South African Railways places the first of eighty Class 6E mainline electric locomotives in service. Two are also built for Iscor for use at the Sishen iron ore mine.[2][3][4]
SportsRugby- 10 January – The South African Springboks draw 8-8 with Ireland at Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland.
References1. ^Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Heads of State: 1961-1994 (Accessed on 14 April 2017) 2. ^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 3. ^{{Middleton-SA Loco Guide|pages=54, 63}} 4. ^{{Paxton-Bourne|pages=128-129}}
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