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List of events
The following lists events that happened during 1940 in South Africa .
Incumbents
Events
January
June
December
Births
Flag of South Africa
19 January –
Barend du Plessis , government minister
31 January –
Kitch Christie ,
Springbok rugby coach. (d. 1998)
9 February –
J. M. Coetzee , writer and
2003 Nobel Prize laureate.
18 February –
Prue Leith , restaurateur and broadcaster.
22 February –
Johnson Mlambo ,
Pan Africanist Congress politician.
8 March –
Fred Brownell , herald, designer of the
Flag of South Africa .
[1]
6 June –
Tiger Lance , cricketer. (d. 2010)
28 August –
Joseph Shabalala , choral director (d.
2020 )
9 October –
Manto Tshabalala-Msimang , politician. (d. 2009)
21 October –
Manfred Mann , South African-British rock musician.
25 December –
Aziz Pahad , politician (d. 2023)
[2]
Deaths
1 June –
Jan F. E. Celliers , poet, writer and dramatist. (b. 1865)
10 August –
Abe Bailey , diamond tycoon, politician, financier and cricketer. (b. 1864)
Railways
Railway lines opened
12 January – Transvaal: Crown to Langlaagte, 3 miles 18 chains (5.2 kilometres).
[3]
2 December – Transvaal:
Germiston to Jupiter, 2 miles 68 chains (4.6 kilometres).
[3]
Sports
References
Sources
1940 in Africa
Sovereign states States with limited recognition
Dependencies and other territories