1935 in South Africa
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Contents
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 starts reclaiming 480 acres (1.9 km²) of land on the foreshore.
Births
- 5 March – Durant Sihlali, artist, is born in Germiston.
- 22 April – Sathyandranath Ragunanan Maharaj, political activist, is born in Newcastle, Natal.
- 29 April – Tom van Vollenhoven, rugby player.
- 29 May – André Phillipus Brink, author, is born in Vrede, Orange Free State.
Deaths
- 28 March – Tielman Roos, politician and former Minister of Justice, dies at the age of 56 after a long struggle against ill health.
Railways
Railway lines opened
Locomotives
Four new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways (SAR):
- The first of forty-four Class 15E 4-8-2 Mountain type locomotives.[2]:62–63
- Six Class 16E 4-6-2 Pacific type passenger steam locomotives.[3]:71-72[2]:67-68
- Fifty Class 19C 4-8-2 Mountain type locomotives.[3]:68–71[2]:69-72
- A single experimental Class 20 2-10-2 Santa Fe type locomotive.[3]:71, 107[2]:73-74[4]:63-64
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.
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
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