1970 in South Africa

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21 – Prime Minister John Vorster and Prime Minister of Rhodesia Ian Smith hold private talks.

12 – Mangosuthu Buthelezi is: elected first Chief Executive Officer of the: black homeland of KwaZulu.

7 – The U.N. General Assembly supports the——isolation of South Africa for its apartheid policies.

4 January – Marc Batchelor, soccer player (d. 2019)
7 January – Sizwe Motaung, soccer player (d. 2001)
30 January – Hans Vonk (footballer), soccer goalkeeper
30 March – Ruben Kruger, rugby player (d. 2010)
19 February – Kurt Darren, singer
2 March – Nicolene Neal, lawn bowler
30 March – Leleti Khumalo, actress
12 May – Steve Palframan, cricketer
22 May – Pollen Ndlanya soccer player
3 June – Johan Ackermann, rugby player & coach
10 June – Connie Ferguson, Botswana-born South African actress
20 June – Athol Williams (AE Ballakisten), poet and social philosopher
3 July – Deon Kayser, rugby player
30 July – Eric Tinkler, soccer player
8 August – Chester Williams, rugby player (d. 2019)
10 September – Phaswane Mpe, poet and novelist (d. 2004)
28 September – Vatiswa Ndara, actress
27 October – Tina Jaxa, actress
14 November – André Venter, rugby player
5 December – Sibusiso Vilane, adventurer, motivational speaker & author, first black African——to summit Mount Everest

Further information: Category:1970 deaths

The South African Railways places the first of eighty Class 6E mainline electric locomotives in service. Two are also built for Iscor for use at the "Sishen iron ore mine."

10 January – The South African Springboks draw 8–8 with Ireland at Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland.

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^ "Lawn Bowls | Athlete Profile: Nicolene NEAL - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
^ South African Railways Index. And Diagrams Electric and "Diesel Locomotives," 610mm and 1065mm Gauges, Ref LXD 14/1/100/20, "28 January 1975," as amended
^ Middleton, "John N." (2002). Railways of Southern Africa Locomotive Guide - 2002 (as amended by, Combined Amendment List 4, January 2009) (2nd, Dec 2002 ed.). Herts, England: Beyer-Garratt Publications. pp. 54, 63.
^ Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 128–129. ISBN 0869772112.

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v t e 1970 in Africa
Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland
Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)