1946 in South Africa

Decades:	1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s;
See also:	; List of years in South Africa;

The following lists events that happened during 1946 in South Africa.

Incumbents

12 – The South African Indian Congress delegation is received by the Viceroy, Lord Wavell, in Delhi, India, and submits a petition drafted in consultation with Mohandas Gandhi.
12 – The Indian Representative Act is repealed.
12 – India terminates the trade agreement with South Africa.
15 – The Asiatic Land Tenure Act, the "Ghetto Act", is amended to state that Indians may only live where Indians had resided in non-proclaimed areas.
31 – 6,000 Indians march in Durban in protest to the Asiatic Land Tenure Act.

16 – The Eureka Diamond, the first diamond discovered in South Africa, is sold in London for £5,700.

11 – India recalls its High Commissioner from South Africa.
22 – During a prayer meeting in New Delhi, India, Mahatma Gandhi calls for South Africa to stop hooliganism by whites.
23 – A group of white men attack and assault a group of Indian Passive Resisters.^[1]

8 – Indian protests against government legislation lead to the arrest of hundreds of Indians.

24 January – Morris Alexander, politician (b. 1877)^[2]
13 April – William Henry Bell, musician, composer and first director of the South African College of Music. (b. 1873)

1 June – Transvaal: Ogies to Vandyksdrif, 21 miles 30 chains (34.4 kilometres).^[3]

The South African Railways places the first of fifty Class GEA 4-8-2+2-8-4 Garratt locomotives in service.^[4]^[5]^[6]

^ Indian passive resistance in South Africa: 1946 – 1948 (Accessed on 4 April 2017)
^ Abrahams, Israel (1968). "Alexander, Morris". In De Kock, W. J. (ed.). Dictionary of South African Biography. Vol. 1 (1st ed.). p. 10. OCLC 85921202.
^ 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
^ Holland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England: David & Charles. pp. 103–105. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
^ Hamilton, Gavin N., The Garratt Locomotive - Garratt Locomotives produced by Beyer, Peacock, retrieved 10 November 2012
^ Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. ISBN 0869772112.