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1935 in South Africa

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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.

    • Railway lines opened

  • 19 October – Transvaal – Springs to Kaydale, 19 miles 68 chains (31.9 kilometres).

    • Locomotives

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

    Contents

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

    • 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

    1935 in South Africa Wikipedia
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