1942 in South Africa

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5 May – 6 November – South African 7th Motorised Brigade and South African Air Force join the allied forces in Operation Ironclad to capture Madagascar.
29 November – Blue Star Line cargo liner MV Dunedin Star runs aground on the Skeleton Coast of South West Africa.^[1]

12 April – Jacob Zuma, African National Congress president and 3rd President of South Africa.
22 May – Pallo Jordan, African National Congress politician and fake PhD.
24 May – Ali Bacher, cricketer and cricket administrator.
18 June – Thabo Mbeki, 2nd President of South Africa.
25 June – Joe Mafela, actor (d. 2017).
28 June – Chris Hani, leader of the South African Communist Party and chief of staff of Umkhonto we Sizwe. (d. 1993)
30 August – John Kani, actor & playwright

25 April – John Royston, soldier and farmer. (b. 1860)
16 June – Jack Frost, Second World War fighter pilot, is reported missing in action.^[2] (b. 1918)

^ Dawson, Jeff (2005). Dead Reckoning: The Dunedin Star Disaster. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-7538-2044-7. Retrieved 31 March 2008.
^ Thomas, Andrew. Tomahawk and Kittyhawk Aces of the RAF and Commonwealth. Oxford, England: Osprey Publications, 2005 ISBN 978-1-84176-083-4

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States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland
Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)