1943 in South Africa
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See also: 1942 in South Africa, other events of 1943, 1944 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.

Events

• The reclaiming the foreshore in Cape Town starts
• Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet is appointed the 7th Governor-General of the Union of South Africa
• 500 Polish children arrive in Oudtshoorn from the Soviet Union¹

Births

• 5 March - Mmakgoba Helen Sebidi, artist, is born in Marapyane near Hammanskraal
• 30 May - Ken Andrew, politician, is born in Cape Town

Deaths

• 6 July - Alexander Coultate Rabagliati, fighter pilot,is reported missing in action after bailing out of his Hawker Typhoon over the North Sea

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