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
Births
- 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)
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
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Railway lines opened
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.
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. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. pp. 68–72, 107. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
- ↑ Durrant, A. E. (1989). Twilight of South African Steam (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, London: David & Charles. pp. 3–64. ISBN 0715386387.
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