1943 in South Africa

← 1942 1941 1940 1943 in South Africa → 1944 1945 1946
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
See also:	List of years in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1943 in South Africa.

Incumbents

• Monarch: King George VI.
• Governor-General and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: Sir Patrick Duncan (until 17 July), Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet (starting 17 July).
• Prime Minister: Jan Christiaan Smuts.
• Chief Justice: Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet then Ernest Frederick Watermeyer.

Events

• 27 January – Prime Minister of South Africa Jan Smuts asks parliament for approval to send troops into Europe.^[1]

• 13 May – German Afrika Korps and Italian troops in North Africa surrender to Allied forces.

• 18 July – Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet is appointed the 7th Governor-General of the Union of South Africa.

Unknown date

• Reclamation work begins on the Foreshore in Cape Town.
• 500 Polish orphans arrive in Oudtshoorn from the Soviet Union.^[2]

Births

• 5 March – Mmakgoba Helen Sebidi, artist.
• 30 May – Ken Andrew, politician.
• 1 June – Lorrie Wilmot, cricketer. (d. 2004)

Deaths

• 6 July – Alexander Coultate Rabagliati, fighter pilot, is reported missing in action.
• 17 July – Sir Patrick Duncan, 6th Governor-General of the Union of South Africa. (b. 1870)

Railways

References