1942 in South Africa
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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.[1]
Births
- 12 April – Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma, African National Congress president and 3rd post-apartheid President of South Africa, is born in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal.
- 22 May – Zweledinga Pallo Jordan, politician.
- 24 May – Aaron Bacher, cricket administrator.
- 18 June – Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki, 2nd post-apartheid President of South Africa.
Deaths
- 25 April – John Robinson Royston, soldier and farmer, dies in Durban at the age of 81.
- 16 June – John Everitt Frost, World War II fighter pilot, is reported missing in action in North Africa.
References
- ↑ Dawson, Jeff (2005). Dead Reckoning: The Dunedin Star Disaster. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-7538-2044-7. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
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