1940 in South Africa

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List of years in South Africa

Events

January

29 – The Herenigde Nasionale Party is established.

June

11 – The Union of South Africa declares war on Italy.

December

3 – The Royal Navy battle cruiser HMS Renown and aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal arrive at Cape Town.

Births

31 January – Kitch Christie, rugby coach who led the Springboks to victory in the 1995 Rugby World Cup is born in Johannesburg. (d. 1998)
9 October – Mantombazana Tshabalala-Msimang, politician, is born at eMfume south of Durban.

Deaths

1 June – Jan F.E. Cilliers, poet, writer and dramatist, dies at the age of 75.

Railways

Railway lines opened

12 January – Transvaal: Crown to Langlaagte, 3 miles 18 chains (5.2 kilometres).^[1]
2 December – Transvaal: Germiston to Jupiter, 2 miles 68 chains (4.6 kilometres).^[1]

References

1 2 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

1940 in Africa

Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland

Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)

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