1968 in South Africa

Incumbents

• State President:
• * Tom Naudé.
• * Jim Fouché.
• Prime Minister: John Vorster.
• Chief Justice: Lucas Cornelius Steyn.

  Events

• 1 - Magnus Malan is appointed as Officer Commanding of the Military Academy in Saldanha.

• 10 - Jacobus Johannes Fouché becomes the 3rd State President of South Africa.
• 20 - A South African Airways Boeing 707 crashes after take-off from Windhoek, killing 122 of the 129 on board.
• 30 - The bill establishing five universities for Blacks comes into force.

• The Liberal Party of South Africa is banned by the government.
• Dorothy Nyembe is arrested for the second time and charged under the Suppression of Communism Act.
• In the Villa Peri campaign, the Azanian People's Liberation Army tries to infiltrate members into South Africa via Botswana and Mozambique.
• The South African Bureau of State Security is formed independently of the South African Police, accountable to the Prime Minister.

  Births

• 22 February - Camilla Waldman, actress
• 29 February - Suanne Braun, actress
• 5 March - Lindani Nkosi, actor
• 28 April - Andy Flower, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 30 June - Rebecca Malope, gospel singer & TV host
• 4 September - Daniel Mudau, football player
• 16 September - Loren Wulfsohn, synchronized swimmer
• 23 September - Zane Moosa, football player
• 25 December - Andrew Tucker, football player

  Deaths

• 7 January - J.L.B. Smith, ichthyologist.
• 10 January - Eben Dönges, politician and elected State President.

  Railways

Locomotives

• In July, the South African Railways places the first of 115 Class 33-400 General Electric type U20C diesel-electric locomotives in service in South West Africa.

  Sports

• 17 September - The Marylebone Cricket Club tour of South Africa is cancelled when South Africa refuses to accept the presence of Basil D'Oliveira in the side.