1945 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1945 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

 * 22 May – The South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) is established.
 * 26 June – Prime Minister Jan Smuts represents South Africa in San Francisco at the drafting of the United Nations Charter.

Births

 * 3 February – Marius Weyers, actor
 * 8 June – Nicky Oppenheimer, mining magnate
 * 27 June – Omar Badsha, photographer, trade unionist and political activist.
 * 21 July – Barry Richards, cricketer
 * 28 September – Pieter-Dirk Uys, performer, author, satirist, and social activist.
 * 5 October – Riaan Cruywagen, news reader and voice artist
 * 16 October – Kaizer Motaung, footballer, founder & chairman of Kaizer Chiefs F.C.
 * 22 October – Lillian Dube, actress & TV host
 * 17 December – Belinda Bozzoli, academic and politician (d.2020)

Railway lines opened

 * 4 June – Transvaal: Village Main (Booysens) to Faraday, 1 mi.