1932 in South Africa

Decades:	1910s; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s;
See also:	; List of years in South Africa;

The following lists events that happened during 1932 in South Africa.

Incumbents edit

18 January – Peter Magubane, photographer
4 March – Miriam Makeba, South African singer. (d. 2008)^[1]
13 April – Barney Simon, writer, playwright and director (d. 1995)
25 April – Frene Ginwala, Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa
27 April – Pik Botha, politician. (d. 2018)^[2]
12 May – Joel Joffe, Baron Joffe, lawyer. (d. 2017)^[3]
11 June – Athol Fugard, author and dramatist.
12 June
- Patrick Mynhardt, actor.
- Mimi Coertse, opera soprano.
18 June – Louis Luyt, business tycoon and politician, and one-time rugby administrator (d. 2013)
26 June – Harry Bromfield, cricketer.
12 July – Sheena Duncan, member of the Anglican Church's Challenge Group and Black Sash movement. (d. 2010)
29 November – Johann Kriegler, Constitutional Court of South Africa.

19 June – Sol Plaatje, intellectual, journalist, linguist, politician, translator and writer. (b. 1876)
15 July – Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, playwright, poet, journalist and politician. (b. 1873)
30 December – Daisy de Melker is hanged for the murder of her 20-year-old son Rhodes Cowle. (b. 1886)^[4]

^ Carmichael, Stokely (2003). Ready for revolution : the life and struggles of Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture). Michael Thelwell. New York: Scribner. pp. 651–652. ISBN 0-684-85003-6. OCLC 53019605.
^ Van der Vat, Dan (12 October 2018). "Pik Botha obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
^ Lord Joffe obituary | South Africa
^ Tomlins, Marilyn Z. (2 December 2007). "Daisy de Melker: South Africa's First Serial Killer". Crime Magazine. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
^ "Currie Cup Finals History". SuperSport. 27 October 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2015.