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.

See also: 1903 in South Africa, 12 March, 13 March, 1902 in South Africa, 1903, 1904 in South Africa, 4 May, Afrikaans, Cape Town, Dar es Salaam