page_title: 1974 in South Africa
section_title: Deaths
hierarchical_section_title: 1974 in South Africa / Deaths
caption_attribution_description: English: 35-348 is one of the final EMD-built Class 35s in original SAR maroon livery with yellow chevrons, Beaconsfield, Kimberley 27th January 2010.
context_page_description: The following lists events that happened during 1974 in South Africa.
context_section_description: 1 February – Abram Onkgopotse Tiro, militant student leader. (b. 1947)
  2 February – Thomas Sturgess, an Indian cricketer, dies in Cape Town (b. 1898)
  22 March – Peter Revson, American race car driver, died in pre-race crash at the South African Grand Prix in Midrand. (b. 1939)
  3 April – Ossie Newton-Thompson, cricketer and politician. (b. 1920)
  20 May – Leontine Sagan, director and actress. (b. 1889)
  28 May – Matthew Frew, Air Vice Marshal of the South African Air Force, died in Pretoria. (b. 1895)
caption: Class 35-200 (GM-EMD GT18MC)
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