1920 in South Africa
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Events
- 10 January - The League of Nations is established as the Treaty of Versailles goes into effect
- 1 February - The South African Air Force is established
- 20 November - Prince Arthur of Connaught is appointed the 3rd Governor-General of the Union of South Africa
- South Africa is granted a League of Nations Class C mandate over South West Africa
Births
- 12 May - Basil Gerald Stapleton, World War II fighter pilot, is born in Durban
- 8 August - Nimrod Sejake, activist is born in Evaton
Brian Bunting, member of the ANC and freedom fighter, is born.
Deaths
- Olive Emilie Albertina Schreiner, author and feminist dies in Wynberg, Cape Town