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The following lists events that happened during
1943 in South Africa
.
Incumbents
Monarch
: King
George VI
.
Governor-General
:
Sir Patrick Duncan
(until 17 July),
Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet
(acting 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 Officer Administering the Government, i.e. acting
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 –
Mmakgabo Helen Sebidi
, artist
30 May –
Ken Andrew
, politician
1 June –
Lorrie Wilmot
, cricketer (d. 2004)
29 October –
Ina Cronjé
, politician (d. 2023)
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
Railway lines opened
29 January – Transvaal: New Canada to Phomolong, 2 miles 75 chains (4.7 kilometres).
[3]
7 June – Transvaal: Hercules to Koedoespoort, 7 miles 17 chains (11.6 kilometres).
[3]
Sports
1942–43 South African cricket season
References
^
"WWII: SA troops to fight in Europe | South African History Online"
.
www.sahistory.org.za
. Retrieved
28 November
2021
.
^
Polish Children's Home Oudtshoorn
^
a
b
Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway
, Statement No. 19, p. 191, ref. no. 200954-13
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States with limited
recognition
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
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other territories
Canary Islands
/
Ceuta
/
Melilla
(Spain)
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(Portugal)
Mayotte
/
Réunion
(France)
Saint Helena
/
Ascension Island
/
Tristan da Cunha
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