1945 in South Africa

none March 2025 December 2013 1945 The following lists events that happened during 1945 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 22 May – The South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) is established. 26 June – Prime Minister Jan Smuts represents South Africa in San Francisco at the drafting of the United Nations Charter. Births 3 February – Marius Weyers, actor 8 June – Nicky Oppenheimer, mining magnate 27 June – Omar Badsha, photographer, trade unionist and political activist. 21 July – Barry Richards, cricketer 28 September – Pieter-Dirk Uys, performer, author, satirist, and social activist. 5 October – Riaan Cruywagen, news reader and voice artist 16 October – Kaizer Motaung, footballer, founder & chairman of Kaizer Chiefs F.C. 22 October – Lillian Dube, actress & TV host 17 December – Belinda Bozzoli, academic and politician (d.2020) Deaths Deaths in 1945 Category:1945 deaths Railways Railway lines opened 4 June – Transvaal: Village Main (Booysens) to Faraday, 1 mi 11 ch km 1 off.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 1945 in sports References 1945 in collapsed South Africa South Africa Category:1940s in South Africa Category:Years of the 20th century in South Africa