The following lists events that happened during 1947 in South Africa.

Incumbents

Events

Births

Deaths

Railways

Locomotives

Two new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways (SAR):

Sports

Cricket

The South Africa national cricket team tours England and plays five Test matches against the England national cricket team.

Football

The South Africa national football team tours Australia and New Zealand and plays five games against the Australia national association football team and four against the New Zealand men's national football team.Team-H.Smethurst (capt.),L.G.Anley,A.G.Falconer,D.A.Wilson,H.D.McCreadie,R.H.F.Nicholson,D.D.Forbes,E.G.Dowell,S.van Rensburg, C.Kurland,R.Ferriman,H.E.Naish,J.H.Classens,H.J.Pretorius,J.H.M.Pickerill,C.L.Brink,B.Clack,S.O'Linn.J.H.Barbour (mgr).M.Taylor (ast.mgr).