1935 in South Africa

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Last updated September 07, 2022

The following lists events that happened during 1935 in South Africa.

Incumbents

Events

February

1 – The South African Airways takes over the South West African Airways which has been providing a weekly airmail service between Windhoek and Kimberley since 1932.

Unknown date

Cape Town begins to reclaim 480 acres (1.9 km²) of land on the Foreshore.

Births

30 January – Albie Sachs, activist and a former judge on the Constitutional Court of South Africa.
5 February – Johannes Geldenhuys, military commander (d. 2018)
5 March – Durant Sihlali, artist, in Germiston. (d. 2004)
22 April – Mac Maharaj, political activist, in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal.
29 April – Tom van Vollenhoven, Springbok rugby player.
29 May – André P. Brink, Sestiger author, in Vrede. (d. 2015)
23 August – Sol Kerzner, business magnate, founder of Southern Sun Hotel Group, Sun International & Kerzner International (d. 2020)
30 August – Peter Cartwright (actor), actor
1 November – Gary Player, professional golfer.
11 November – Esther Mahlangu, artist from the Ndebele nation, bold large-scale contemporary paintings that reference her Ndebele heritage

Deaths

28 March – Tielman Roos, politician and Minister of Justice. (b. 1879)
2 November – Jock Cameron, South African cricketer. (b. 1905)
20 May – Nontetha, Xhosa prophet

Railways

Railway lines opened

19 October – Transvaal – Springs to Kaydale, 19 miles 68 chains (31.9 kilometres).^[1]

Locomotives

Four new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways (SAR), all with rotary cam poppet valve gear:

The first of forty-four Class 15E 4-8-2 Mountain type locomotives.^[2]
Six Class 16E 4-6-2 Pacific type passenger steam locomotives.^[2]^[3]
Fifty Class 19C 4-8-2 Mountain type locomotives.^[2]^[3]
A single experimental Class 20 2-10-2 Santa Fe type locomotive.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Sports

Cricket

2 July – The South African cricket team wins its first test cricket match against the English cricket team at Lord's Cricket Ground.

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The South African Railways Class Experimental 4 2-8-2 of 1903 was a steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope.

References

↑ Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 190, ref. no. 200954-13
1 2 3 4 Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 62–63, 67–74. ISBN 0869772112.
1 2 3 Holland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England: David & Charles. pp. 68–72, 107. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
↑ Durrant, AE (1989). Twilight of South African Steam (1st ed.). Newton Abbott: David & Charles. pp. 3–64. ISBN 0715386387.

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[SAR_Line_Dates_190-1] Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 190, ref. no. 200954-13

[Paxton-Bourne-2] 1 2 3 4 Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 62–63, 67–74. ISBN 0869772112.

[Holland_2-3] 1 2 3 Holland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England: David & Charles. pp. 68–72, 107. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.

[Durrant-4] Durrant, AE (1989). Twilight of South African Steam (1st ed.). Newton Abbott: David & Charles. pp. 3–64. ISBN 0715386387.

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