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{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2013}}{{Use South African English|date=December 2013}}{{Year in South Africa|1971}}The following lists events that happened during 1971 in South Africa. Incumbents- State President: Jim Fouché.[1]
- Prime Minister: John Vorster.
- Chief Justice: Lucas Cornelius Steyn then Newton Ogilvie Thompson.
Events- February
- 27 – The oil tanker Wafra grounds near Cape Agulhas, causing considerable environmental damage.[2]
- March
- 10 – Two Buccaneer aircraft of 24 Squadron SAAF, prescribed to by Headquarters, attempt to sink SS Wafra with {{nowrap|AS-30}} missiles but succeeds only in starting a fire.[2]
- 12 – A Shackleton aircraft of 35 Squadron SAAF, not prescribed to by Headquarters, sinks SS Wafra in {{convert|6000|ft|m|0|abbr=off}} of water using depth charges.[2]
- Unknown date
- St Lucia Lake and the turtle beaches and coral reefs of Maputaland are listed by the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (RAMSAR).
- The International Court of Justice gives an advisory opinion supporting the view of the United Nations for South Africa to relinquish control of South West Africa.
- Kamuzu Banda, president of Malawi, is the first Black President to visit South Africa.
Births- 20 February – Joost van der Westhuizen, rugby scrum-half (d. 2017)
- 28 June – Elon Musk, South African-born Canadian-American entrepreneur, engineer, inventor and investor
- 30 July – Mzukisi Sikali, triple world champion boxer (d. 2005)
- 22 October – Amanda Coetzer, tennis player
- 12 November – Gert Thys, long-distance runner
- 17 December – Alan Khan, media and radio personality
Deaths- 27 October – Ahmed Timol, activist and political leader. (b. 1941)
RailwaysLocomotivesFour new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways: - July – The first of 125 Class 34-000 General Electric type U26C diesel-electric locomotives.[3]
- October – The first of fifty Class 34-200 General Motors Electro-Motive Division type GT26MC diesel-electric locomotives.[3]
- Fifty Class 6E1, Series 2 electric locomotives.[3][4]
- The first of one hundred and fifty Class 6E1, Series 3 locomotives.[4]
References1. ^Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Heads of State: 1961-1994 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
2. ^1 2 [https://word.office.live.com/wv/WordView.aspx?FBsrc=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fdownload%2Ffile_preview.php%3Fid%3D249846911815778%26time%3D1412594368%26metadata&access_token=645059975%3AAVJvTbhi-0qh3YS_su5h8d8bB5Kj6zhHy34qHisIx9PmEw&title=BUCCANEER+AND+WAFRA+FIASCO+WITH+PHOTOS+-+By+Simon+Van+Garderen.doc The Buccaneer Fiasco with the Sinking of the SS Wafra, by Simon van Garderen, ex 24 Squadron SAAF O.C.] {{dead link|date=December 2018}}
3. ^1 2 {{Paxton-Bourne|pages=128–129, 140–141}}
4. ^1 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
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