See also: 1902 in South Africa, other events of 1903, 1904 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.

Events

• 12 March - Andries Dreyer , an archivist of the Dutch Reformed Church, is ordained as a missionary of the congregation in Cape Town for the Hanover Street area
• The County of Pembroke, a British cargo ship, is shipwrecked near Port Elizabeth

Births

Deaths

• 13 March - General David Johannes Joubert (Ou Kat), a South African explorer to East Africa, dies of malaria near Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.