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 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

  Deaths

Railways

Railway lines opened

• 4 June - Transvaal: Village Main to Faraday,.

  Sports