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See also: 1968 in South Africa, other events of 1969, 1970 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.
Events
April
- 14-16 April - A summit meeting of the leaders of East and Central African States in Lusaka and on the 16th issue the Lusaka Manifesto
- 17 April - Dorothy Fisher becomes the first woman and the 5th person to receive heart transplant under Dr Christiaan Barnard
- 25 April - 1 May - The African National Congress holds its first national consultative conference in Morogoro, Tanzania. It is now called the "Morogoro Conference"
- The Department of Intelligence and Security of the African National Congress is established under Moses Mabhida
- The Department of Intelligence and Security of the African National Congress is established under Moses Mabhida
June
- 4-10 June - P.W. Botha, Minister of Defence, General Hiemstra, Lieutenant-General J.P. Verster, Chief of the Air Force and Lieutenant-General W.P. Louw, Chief of the Army, visits France.
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- Dorothy Nyembe is convicted of defeating the end of justice by harbouring members of Umkhonto we Sizwe and sentenced to 15 years imprisonment in Barberton Prison
- South Africa's Atomic Energy Board creates a commission to evaluate the technical and economic aspects of peaceful nuclear explosives for use in mines
Births
- 5 March - Derek Crookes, cricketer, is born
- 25 September - Wessel Johannes Cronje, all-rounder cricketer, is born in Bloemfontein
Deaths
- 5 March - Thola Caluza, Zulu folk music composer, and choir master, dies in Durban
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