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Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
See also:	List of years in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during1943 in South Africa.

• Monarch: KingGeorge VI.
• Governor-General:Sir Patrick Duncan (until 17 July),Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet (acting starting 17 July).
• Prime Minister:Jan Christiaan Smuts.
• Chief Justice:Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet thenErnest Frederick Watermeyer.

• 27 January –Prime Minister of South AfricaJan Smuts asks parliament for approval to send troops intoEurope.^[1]
• 13 May – GermanAfrika Korps and Italian troops in North Africa surrender toAllied forces.
• 18 July –Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet is appointed Officer Administering the Government, i.e. actingGovernor-General of the Union of South Africa.

Unknown date

• Reclamation work begins on theForeshore in Cape Town.
• 500Polish orphans arrive inOudtshoorn from theSoviet Union.^[2]

• 5 March –Mmakgabo Helen Sebidi, artist
• 30 May –Ken Andrew, politician
• 1 June –Lorrie Wilmot, cricketer (d. 2004)
• 29 October –Ina Cronjé, politician (d. 2023)

• 6 July – Alexander Coultate Rabagliati, fighter pilot, is reported missing in action.
• 17 July –Sir Patrick Duncan, 6thGovernor-General of the Union of South Africa. (b. 1870)

• 29 January – Transvaal: New Canada to Phomolong, 2 miles 75 chains (4.7 kilometres).^[3]
• 7 June – Transvaal: Hercules to Koedoespoort, 7 miles 17 chains (11.6 kilometres).^[3]

• 1942–43 South African cricket season

• 1943 in South Africa

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