1942 in South Africa

List of events

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* 1930s
* 1940s
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* 1960s

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The following lists events that happened during 1942 in South Africa.

## Incumbents

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* 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

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* 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.[1]

## Births

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* 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)
* 30 August - John Kani, actor & playwright

## Deaths

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* 25 April - John Royston, soldier and farmer. (b. 1860)
* 16 June - Jack Frost, Second World War fighter pilot, is reported missing in action.[2] (b. 1918)

## Railways

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## Sports

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## References

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1. ^ Dawson, Jeff (2005). Dead Reckoning: The Dunedin Star Disaster. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-7538-2044-7. Retrieved 31 March 2008.
2. ^ Thomas, Andrew. Tomahawk and Kittyhawk Aces of the RAF and Commonwealth. Oxford, England: Osprey Publications, 2005 ISBN 978-1-84176-083-4

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1942 in Africa

Sovereign states|

* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Comoros
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Republic of the Congo
* Djibouti
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* Eswatini
* Ethiopia
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* Madagascar
* Malawi
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* Niger
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* Rwanda
* São Tomé and Príncipe
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* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* South Africa
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

States with limited
recognition

* Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
* Somaliland

Dependencies and
other territories

* Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain)
* Madeira (Portugal)
* Mayotte / Réunion (France)
* Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)

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