1941 in South Africa explained

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

Incumbents

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)