1944 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1944 in South Africa.

← 1943 1942 1941 1944 in South Africa → 1945 1946 1947
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
See also:	List of years 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

Photo of Auschwitz-Birkenau taken by 60 Sqn SAAF (Sortie no. 60PR/694 under U.S. Air Force command)

• 4 April – An Allied surveillance aircraft of 60 Squadron SAAF photographs part of Auschwitz concentration camp.

Births

• 12 January – Eileen KaNkosi-Shandu, leader of the Inkatha Women Brigade.
• 27 February – Graeme Pollock, former cricketer & cricket administrator
• 3 March – Jerrold Kessel, South-African-born Israeli journalist and author. (d. 2011)
• 9 March – Lee Irvine, cricketer
• 23 June – Clive Barker (soccer), 1996 Africa Cup of Nations winning coach

Deaths

• 19 September – Johannes Jacobus le Roux, Second World War fighter pilot, dies in an aircraft accident in France.

Railways

• The Namaqualand Railway line from Port Nolloth to O'okiep is closed.[1]

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