1947 in Southern Rhodesia

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Years in Southern Rhodesia

* 1944
* 1945
* 1946
* 1947
* 1948
* 1949
* 1950

Centuries

* 19th century
* 20th century
* 21st century

Decades

* 1910s
* 1920s
* 1930s
* 1940s
* 1950s
* 1960s
* 1970s

Years

* 1944
* 1945
* 1946
* 1947
* 1948
* 1949
* 1950

The following lists events that happened during 1947 in Southern Rhodesia.

## Incumbents

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* Prime Minister: Godfrey Huggins[1]

## Events

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Main article: 1947

## Births

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* February 23 - Godfrey Chidyausiku, politician and chief justice since 2001
* March 11 - Ian Robinson, cricket umpire
* October 23 - Miles Anderson, stage and television actor
* date unclear - Charles Mungoshi, writer

## Deaths

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Main article: Deaths in 1947

Further information: Category:1947 deaths

## References

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1. ^ "Godfrey Huggins, 1st Viscount Malvern". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 3 June 2025.

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1947 in Africa

Sovereign states|

*   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   * Egypt
*   *   *   * Ethiopia
*   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   * Liberia
*   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   * South Africa
*   * South-West Africa
*   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *

Dependencies, colonies
and other territories

* Ascension Island
* Algeria
* Basutoland
* Bechuanaland Protectorate
* Belgian Congo
* British Cameroons
* British Somaliland
*   * Chad
*   *   *   *   * French Cameroons
*   * French Dahomey
* French Equatorial Africa
* French Somaliland
* French Sudan
* French Togoland
* French Upper Volta
* French West Africa
* The Gambia
*   *   *   * Gold Coast (British colony)
* Guinea
*   *   * Libya
* Madagascar
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
*   * Morocco
* Niger
* Northern Rhodesia
*   * Réunion
* Ruanda-Urundi
* Saint Helena
* Sierra Leone
*   * Southern Rhodesia
* Spanish Sahara
* Sudan
*   * Tristan da Cunha
* Tunisia
* Ubangi-Shari

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