1950 In South Africa

Events

• 21 December - The gold town of Allanridge in the Free State Province is established
• Oribi Gorge Nature Reserve is proclaimed a protected state forest
• H.F. Verwoerd becomes Minister of Native Affairs and implements the forced removal of about 80 000 Africans from Sophiatown, Martindale and Newclare to Soweto
• The government passes the Immorality Act, the Group Areas Act, the Suppression of Communism Act, and the Population Registration Act (which officially divided South Africans into 'White', 'Coloured', 'Asian' or 'Native')
• United States and United Kingdom sign a purchasing agreement with South Africa to supply uranium for their nuclear weapons programmes

Births

Deaths

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