February
Trolley buses (trackless trams) begin to operate in Cape Town.
April
7 – The Representation of Natives Act no 16 of 1936 is passed, the first of a series of laws to diminish the voting rights of non-Whites in the Cape Province.
July
2 – Die Vaderland, the first Afrikaans daily newspaper in Transvaal, starts publishing in Johannesburg.
Unknown date
The Castle in Cape Town is proclaimed a National Monument.
21 June – Lionel Davis, artist, is born in Cape Town.
22 October – Neville Alexander is born in Cradock, Eastern Cape. (d. 2012)
2 July – Lionel Phillips, mining magnate, chairman of the South African Chamber of Mines and politician, dies at the age of 80 at Vergelegen, Somerset West.
1 May – Natal – Point to Congella, 1 mile 52 chains (2.7 kilometres).
15 June – Cape – Palingpan to Manganore, 3 miles 48 chains (5.8 kilometres).
30 June – Cape – Postmasburg to Lohatla, 23 miles 20 chains (37.4 kilometres).
The South African Railways builds the first two of 24 Class ES centre-cab electric shunting locomotives in its Pietermaritzburg shops, based on the Class 1E mainline electric locomotive.
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