1935 in South Africa

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1932 1933 1934 « 1935 » 1936 1937 1938
List of years in South Africa

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

• 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):

• 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

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
2. Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. ISBN 0869772112.
3. Holland, D.F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways, Volume 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
4. Durrant, A E (1989). Twilight of South African Steam (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, London: David & Charles. ISBN 0715386387.