The following lists events that happened during 1944 in South Africa.
Incumbents Monarch: King George VI. Governor-General and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet. Prime Minister: Jan Christiaan Smuts. Chief Justice: Ernest Frederick Watermeyer.
Events
4 April – An Allied surveillance aircraft of 60 Squadron SAAF photographs part of Auschwitz concentration camp.
Births 12 January – Eileen KaNkosi-Shandu, leader of the Inkatha Women Brigade. 27 February – Graeme Pollock, former cricketer & cricket administrator 3 March – Jerrold Kessel, South-African-born Israeli journalist and author. (d. 2011) 9 March – Lee Irvine, cricketer 23 June – Clive Barker (soccer), 1996 Africa Cup of Nations winning coach
Deaths 19 September – Johannes Jacobus le Roux, Second World War fighter pilot, dies in an aircraft accident in France.
Railways The Namaqualand Railway line from Port Nolloth to O'okiep is closed.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
Sports
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