The following lists events that happened during 1940 in South Africa .
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Flag of South Africa
19 January – Barend du Plessis , government minister
31 January – Kitch Christie , Springbok rugby coach. (d. 1998)
9 February – J. M. Coetzee , writer and 2003 Nobel Prize laureate.
18 February – Prue Leith , restaurateur and broadcaster.
22 February – Johnson Mlambo , Pan Africanist Congress politician.
8 March – Fred Brownell , herald, designer of the Flag of South Africa .[1]
6 June – Tiger Lance , cricketer. (d. 2010)
28 August – Joseph Shabalala , choral director (d. 2020 )
9 October – Manto Tshabalala-Msimang , politician. (d. 2009)
21 October – Manfred Mann , South African-British rock musician.
25 December – Aziz Pahad , politician (d. 2023)[2]
1 June – Jan F. E. Celliers , poet, writer and dramatist. (b. 1865)
10 August – Abe Bailey , diamond tycoon, politician, financier and cricketer. (b. 1864)
Railway lines opened
12 January – Transvaal: Crown to Langlaagte, 3 miles 18 chains (5.2 kilometres) .[3]
2 December – Transvaal: Germiston to Jupiter, 2 miles 68 chains (4.6 kilometres) .[3]
Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway , Statement No. 19, p. 191, ref. no. 200954-13