List of administrators of former South African provinces

Map of the provinces of South Africa, 1910–1976.

Map of the provinces of South Africa, 1976–1994.

This article lists the administrators of former South African provinces. It encompasses the period from 1910 to 1994, when South Africa was divided into four provinces namely: Cape Province, Natal Province, Orange Free State Province and Transvaal Province. Before the provinces were created, the area was divided into four British colonies: Cape Colony, Natal Colony, Orange River Colony and Transvaal Colony.

The provinces were established as a result of the creation of the Union of South Africa in 1910, and disestablished after the Republic of South Africa (created in 1961) held the first post-apartheid general election in 1994.

Cape Province[]

Map of the Cape Province (red) within South Africa.

Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Notes
31 May 1910 to December 1925		Nicolaas Frederic de Waal	From 2 January 1911, Sir Frederic de Waal
January 1926 to August 1929
September 1929 to September 1939
September 1939 to September 1942
2 October 1942 to 31 December 1945		Gideon Brand van Zyl	Afterwards served as the Governor-General of South Africa, from 1946 to 1951
1 January 1946 to 1 July 1946			Previously served as the President of the Senate, from 1942 to 1945
23 July 1946 to 22 July 1951		Johan Carinus
1 August 1951 to 27 March 1958		Philippus Jacobus Olivier
12 May 1958 to 28 April 1960		Josias Hendrik Otto du Plessis
28 April 1960 to 31 May 1970		Johannes Nicholas Malan	Acting to 1 June 1960
1 June 1970 to May 1975
June 1975 to June 1979
June 1979 to July 1989		Eugene "Gene" van der Merwe Louw	Afterwards served as the Speaker of the House of Assembly, from 1991 to 1994
July 1989 to May 1994

Natal Province[]

Map of the Natal Province (red) within South Africa.

Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Notes
May 1910 to January 1918
February 1918 to January 1928
February 1928 to January 1943
February 1943 to November 1944		George Heaton Nicholls
November 1944 to February 1948
February 1948 to May 1958		Denis Gem Shepstone
June 1958 to November 1961		Alfred Ernest Trollip
November 1961 to August 1970		Theodor Johannes Adolph Gerdener
August 1970 to June 1979
June 1979 to August 1979			1st time, acting
August 1979 to September 1984		Jan Christoffel "Stoffel" Greyling Botha
September 1984 to November 1984			2nd time, acting
November 1984 to April 1990		Radclyffe Cadman	Previously served as the Leader of the Opposition, in 1977
April 1990 to 7 May 1994		Cornelius Johannes van Rooyen Botha

Orange Free State Province[]

Map of the Orange Free State Province (red) within South Africa.

Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Notes
May 1910 to May 1915
May 1915 to 2 March 1924		Cornelius Hermanus Wessels	From 4 March 1920, Sir Cornelius Hermanus Wessels
11 March 1924 to March 1929
March 1929 to 11 November 1936
November 1936 to December 1936			Acting
December 1936 to December 1940		Johannes Frederik Janse van Rensburg
December 1940 to December 1950
1 January 1951 to December 1959		Jacobus "Jim" Johannes Fouché	Afterwards served as the State President of South Africa, from 1968 to 1975
December 1959 to December 1969
December 1969 to 13 December 1974
14 December 1974 to 1979
1979 to 1980
November 1980 to August 1991
August 1991 to 7 May 1994

Transvaal Province[]

Map of the Transvaal Province (red) within South Africa.

Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Notes
31 May 1910 to 23 July 1917
24 July 1917 to 29 February 1924
1 March 1924 to 28 February 1929		Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr
1 March 1929 to 28 February 1934
1 March 1934 to 29 July 1938
1 September 1938 to 31 August 1948
1 November 1948 to 31 October 1958		William Nicol
1 November 1958 to 8 February 1966		Frans Hendrik Odendaal
12 February 1966 to 15 July 1979
16 July 1979 to 31 May 1988		Willem Adriaan Cruywagen
1 June 1988 to 7 May 1994			Previously served as the Administrator-General of South West Africa, from 1980 to 1983

See also[]

• Administrative divisions of South Africa
• Provinces of South Africa

References[]

External links[]

• World Statesmen – South Africa (Provinces)