1942 in South Africa

Incumbents

• 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

• 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.

  Births

• 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.
• 28 June - Chris Hani, leader of the South African Communist Party and chief of staff of Umkhonto we Sizwe.

  Deaths

• 25 April - John Royston, soldier and farmer.
• 16 June - Jack Frost, Second World War fighter pilot, is reported missing in action.

  Railways

Sports