1903 in South Africa
See also: 1902 in South Africa, other events of 1903, 1904 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.
Events
- 12 March - Andries Dreyer, an archivist of the Dutch Reformed Church, is ordained as a missionary of the congregation in Cape Town for the Hanover Street area
- The County of Pembroke, a British cargo ship, is shipwrecked near Port Elizabeth
Births
- 4 May - Hendrik Susan, orchestra leader and violist, is born
- Louise Behrens, novelist and Afrikaans journalist, is born in the Orange Free State
Deaths
- 13 March - General David Johannes Joubert (Ou Kat), a South African explorer to East Africa, dies of malaria near Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
