List of administrators of former South African provinces

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.

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

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

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	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	Adriaan Paulus Johannes Fourie
September 1929 to September 1939	Johannes Hendrik Conradie
September 1939 to September 1942	François Allen Joubert
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	Philippus Arnoldus Myburgh	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	Andries Heydenrich Vosloo
June 1975 to June 1979	Lourens Albertus Petrus Anderson Munnik
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	Jacobus "Kobus" Meiring

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

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
May 1910 to January 1918	Charles John Smythe
February 1918 to January 1928	George Thomas Plowman
February 1928 to January 1943	Herbert Gordon Watson
February 1943 to November 1944	George Heaton Nicholls
November 1944 to February 1948	Douglas Edgar Mitchell
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	Wynand Wilhelm Benjamin Havemann
June 1979 to August 1979	Frank Martin	1st time, acting
August 1979 to September 1984	Jan Christoffel "Stoffel" Greyling Botha
September 1984 to November 1984	Frank Martin	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

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

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
May 1910 to May 1915	Alfred Ernest William Ramsbottom
May 1915 to 2 March 1924	Cornelius Hermanus Wessels	From 4 March 1920, Sir Cornelius Hermanus Wessels
11 March 1924 to March 1929	Esaias Reinier Grobler
March 1929 to 11 November 1936	Carl Theodorus Muller Wilcocks
November 1936 to December 1936	Johannes Buys	Acting
December 1936 to December 1940	Johannes Frederik Janse van Rensburg
December 1940 to December 1950	Stephanus Philippus Barnard
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	Johannes Willem Jacobus Coetzee du Plessis
December 1969 to 13 December 1974	Gabriel François van Lingen Froneman
14 December 1974 to 1979	Abraham Cornelis van Wyk
1979 to 1980	Cornelius "Nak" van der Merwe
November 1980 to August 1991	Louis Johannes Botha
August 1991 to 7 May 1994	Louis van der Watt

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

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
31 May 1910 to 23 July 1917	Johann Friedrich Bernhard Rissik
24 July 1917 to 29 February 1924	Alfred George Robertson
1 March 1924 to 28 February 1929	Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr
1 March 1929 to 28 February 1934	Jacobus Stephanus Smit
1 March 1934 to 29 July 1938	Simon Potgieter Bekker
1 September 1938 to 31 August 1948	Jacobus Johannes Pienaar
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	Sybrand Gerhardus Johannes van Niekerk
16 July 1979 to 31 May 1988	Willem Adriaan Cruywagen
1 June 1988 to 7 May 1994	Daniel "Danie" Hough	Previously served as the Administrator-General of South West Africa, from 1980 to 1983

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