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See also: 1901 in South Africa, other events of 1902, 1903 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.

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Contents 1 Events 1.1 May 1.2 December 1.3 Unknown date 2 Births 3 Deaths

[edit] Events

[edit] May

• 4 May - Boer General Jan Smuts meets with the British General Horatio Kitchener at Kroonstad
• 6 May - Qulusi-Zulu chief Sokhobobo attacks Field-cornet Potgieter and 70 Boers while sleeping with a 300 strong impi leaving 56 Boers and 52 Zulus dead in the Holkrantz massacre
• 31 May - The Second Boer War ends with the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging at Pretoria

[edit] December

• Mahatma Gandhi arrives in Durban from Bombay

[edit] Unknown date

• James Stevenson-Hamilton is appointed the first warden of the Kruger National Park

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

• 26 March - Cecil Rhodes
• 2 May - Jan Stephanus de Villiers, composer and organist, dies in Paarl, Cape Colony