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See also: 1938 in South Africa, other events of 1939, 1940 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.

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Contents 1 Events 1.1 September 2 Births 3 Deaths

[edit] Events

[edit] September

• 2 September - James Hertzog puts his case to the National Assembly for South Africa to remain neutral in the Second World War against Jan Smuts who supports a Commonwealth alliance
• 4 September - Jan Smuts becomes the 4th Prime Minister of South Africa for the second time
• 5 September - The National Assembly votes on a motion whether or not to join the war and Jan Smuts wins by 13 votes
• 6 September - The Union of South Africa declares war on Germany

[edit] Births

26 June - Philip Swiegers

18 March - Dr. John W. de Gruchy

[edit] Deaths

• 16 October - Charlotte Maxeke, religious leader and political activist, dies in Johannesburg at the age of 65