The following lists events that happened during 1942 in South Africa.
Incumbents Monarch: King George VI. Governor-General and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: Sir Patrick Duncan Prime Minister: Jan Christiaan Smuts. Chief Justice: Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet.
Events January – War Measure No. 9 was issued. 5 May – 6 November – South African 7th Motorised Brigade and South African Air Force join the allied forces in Operation Ironclad to capture Madagascar. 29 November – Blue Star Line cargo liner MV Dunedin Star runs aground on the Skeleton Coast of South West Africa.
Births 12 April – Jacob Zuma, African National Congress president and 3rd President of South Africa. 22 May – Pallo Jordan, African National Congress politician and fake PhD. 24 May – Ali Bacher, cricketer and cricket administrator. 18 June – Thabo Mbeki, 2nd President of South Africa. 25 June – Joe Mafela, actor (d. 2017). 28 June – Chris Hani, leader of the South African Communist Party and chief of staff of Umkhonto we Sizwe. (d. 1993). 8 August – Douglas Gibson, politician and diplomat (d. 2025). 30 August – John Kani, actor and playwright.
Deaths 25 April – John Royston, soldier and farmer. (b. 1860) 16 June – Jack Frost, Second World War fighter pilot, is reported missing in action.Thomas, Andrew. Tomahawk and Kittyhawk Aces of the RAF and Commonwealth. Oxford, England: Osprey Publications, 2005 (b. 1918) References