1945 in South Africa

← 1944 1943 1942 1945 in South Africa → 1946 1947 1948
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
See also:	List of years in South Africa

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

Main article: Deaths in 1945

Further information: Category:1945 deaths

Railways

Railway lines opened

• 4 June – Transvaal: Village Main (Booysens) to Faraday, 1 mile 11 chains (1.8 kilometres).^[1]

Sports

Main article: 1945 in sports

References

1. 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