1941_in_South_Africa Knowpia

Decades:	1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s;
See also:	; List of years in South Africa;

The following lists events that happened during 1941 in South Africa.

Incumbents edit

28 – Jan Smuts, Prime Minister of South Africa, is appointed as a Field Marshal of the British Army.^[1]
The 13-year-old George Bizos, with his father, help 7 New Zealand soldiers escape Nazi occupied Greece to Crete.

8 – The Union of South Africa declares war on Finland, Romania, Hungary and Japan.
31 – The Union of South Africa declares war on Bulgaria.

30 January – Henry Cele, actor (d. 2008)
31 January – Eugène Terre'Blanche, Afrikaner right-wing founder of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging. (d. 2010)
2 April – Njongonkulu Ndungane, Anglican bishop & a former prisoner on Robben Island
30 June – Peter Pollock, cricketer, brother of cricket administrator Graeme Pollock, father of cricketer Shaun Pollock
28 August – Joseph Shabalala, musician & founder of Ladysmith Black Mambazo (d. 2020)
2 September – David Bale, businessman, father of Christian Bale and husband of Gloria Steinem. (d. 2003)
6 September – Monica Mason, ballet dancer and administrator
10 September – Christo Wiese, businessman and former billionaire, chairman of Pepkor
25 September – Rick Turner, activist and academic. (d. 1978)