1908 in South Africa

1908 in South Africa

"See also:"
1907 in South Africa,
other events of 1908,
1909 in South Africa and the
Timeline of South African history.

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Events

* Bosman de Ravelli composes the first afrikaans art song
* 30 January - Mahatma Gandhi is released from prison by Jan Smuts after been tried and sentenced to 2 months in jail eariler in the month
* 7 October - Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in Volksrust, along with fifteen other Indians, for entering Transvaal without registration certificates and sentenced to two months imprisonment with hard labor

Births

* 5 March - Arthur Wegelin, composer, is born
* 23 April - Abram Louis Fischer, lawyer and champion against apartheid, is born in the Orange Free State
* 2 July - Andries Johannes Bester de Klerk, writer and secretary of the Cape Province, is born in Williston, Cape Colony

Deaths


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