1943 in South Africa

Incumbents

• Monarch: King George VI.
• Governor-General and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: Sir Patrick Duncan, Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet.
• Prime Minister: Jan Christiaan Smuts.
• Chief Justice: Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet then Ernest Frederick Watermeyer.

  Events

• 27 January - Prime Minister of South Africa Jan Smuts asks parliament for approval to send troops into Europe.
• 13 May - German Afrika Korps and Italian troops in North Africa surrender to Allied forces.
• 18 July - Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet is appointed the 7th Governor-General of the Union of South Africa.

• Reclamation work begins on the Foreshore in Cape Town.
• 500 Polish orphans arrive in Oudtshoorn from the Soviet Union.

  Births

• 5 March - Mmakgabo Helen Sebidi, artist
• 30 May - Ken Andrew, politician
• 1 June - Lorrie Wilmot, cricketer
• 30 August - John Kani, actor & playwright

  Deaths

• 6 July - Alexander Coultate Rabagliati, fighter pilot, is reported missing in action.
• 17 July - Sir Patrick Duncan, 6th Governor-General of the Union of South Africa.

  Railways

Railway lines opened

• 29 January - Transvaal: New Canada to Phomolong,.
• 7 June - Transvaal: Hercules to Koedoespoort,.

  Sports