1942 in South Africa

1942 in South Africa

"See also:"
1941 in South Africa,
other events of 1942,
1943 in South Africa and the
Timeline of South African history.

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Events

* 5 May-6 November - South African 7th Motorized Brigade and South African Air Force join the allied forces in Operation Ironclad to capture Madagascar

Births

* 12 April - Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma, African National Congress president, is born in Inkandla, 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, died in Durban at the age of 81
* 16 June - John Everitt Frost, World War II fighter pilot reported missing in action in North Africa


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