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Decades:	1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s
See also:	List of years in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during1920 in South Africa.

• Monarch: KingGeorge V
• Governor-General andHigh Commissioner for Southern Africa:
  • The Viscount Buxton (until 19 November).^[1]
  • Prince Arthur of Connaught (from 20 November).^[1]
• Prime Minister:Jan Smuts.
• Chief Justice:James Rose Innes.

January

• 10 –The League of Nations is established as theTreaty of Versailles goes into effect.

February

• 1 – TheSouth African Air Force (SAAF) is established, the second autonomous Air Force in the world after theRoyal Air Force (RAF).^[2]

November

• 20 –Prince Arthur of Connaught is appointed the 3rdGovernor-General of the Union of South Africa.

December

• 17 – South Africa is granted aLeague of Nations Class C mandate overSouth West Africa.

• 12 February –Raymond Mhlaba, anti-apartheid activist and politician. (d. 2005)
• 20 February –Zoe Gail, singer and actress. (d. 2020)
• 9 March –Robert Resha, journalist and political dissident. (d. 1974)
• 20 March –Lionel Bernstein, anti-apartheid activist and political prisoner (d. 2002)
• 8 April –Vuyisile Mini, anti-apartheid activist and politician. (d. 1964)
• 12 May –Gerald Stapleton,Battle of Britain fighter pilot. (d. 2010)
• 11 June –David Millin, movie director, producer, and cinematographer. (d. 1999)
• 11 July –Edison Ntsanwisi, politician and Chief Minister of Gazankulu. (d. 1993)
• 30 July –Harry Gwala, anti-apartheid activist and politician. (d. 1995)
• 8 August –Nimrod Sejake, labour leader and activist. (d. 2004)
• 11 September –Hymie Barsel, political activist. (d. 1987)
• 12 September –Michiel Daniel Overbeek,amateur astronomer and prolificvariable starobservers. (d. 2001)
• 24 December –Richard Maponya, entrepreneur and property developer. (d. 2020)

• 11 December –Olive Schreiner, author and feminist, inCape Town. (b. 1855)

• The South African Railways places thirtyClass 12B4-8-2 Mountain type steam locomotives in mainline service.^[3][4]

• 1920 in South Africa
• 1920 by country
• Years in South Africa

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