1944 in South Africa
# 1944 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1944 in South Africa.

## Incumbents

* Monarch: King George VI.
* Governor-General and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet.
* Prime Minister: Jan Christiaan Smuts.
* Chief Justice: Ernest Frederick Watermeyer.

## Events

* 4 April – An Allied surveillance aircraft of 60 Squadron SAAF photographs part of Auschwitz concentration camp.

## Births

* 12 January – Eileen KaNkosi-Shandu, leader of the Inkatha Women Brigade.
* 27 February – Graeme Pollock, former cricketer & cricket administrator
* 3 March – Jerrold Kessel, South-African-born Israeli journalist and author. (d. 2011)
* 9 March – Lee Irvine, cricketer
* 23 June – Clive Barker (soccer), 1996 Africa Cup of Nations winning coach

## Deaths

* 19 September – Johannes Jacobus le Roux, Second World War fighter pilot, dies in an aircraft accident in France.

## Railways

* The Namaqualand Railway line from Port Nolloth to O'okiep is closed.

## Sports

* Main article: 1944 in sports
