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The following lists events that happened during 1948 in South Africa.
The following lists events that happened during 1943 in South Africa.
The following lists events that happened during 1942 in South Africa.
The following lists events that happened during 1945 in South Africa.
Sidney Robey Leibbrandt was a South African Olympian, who during World War II acted as an Abwehr agent for the Third Reich against the British Empire in South Africa. In 1943, he was convicted of high treason by a South African court and imprisoned for 5 years.
The General Jan Smuts Regiment is a reserve mechanised infantry regiment of the South African Army.
The following lists events that happened during 1944 in South Africa.
The following lists events that happened during 1940 in South Africa.
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This is the history of South Africa from 1910 to 1948.
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