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.