1935 in South Africa

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* 1930s
* 1940s
* 1950s

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The following lists events that happened during 1935 in South Africa.

## Incumbents

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* Monarch: King George V.
* Governor-General and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: The Earl of Clarendon.
* Prime Minister: James Barry Munnik Hertzog.
* Chief Justice: John Wessels.

## Events

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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 begins to reclaim 480 acres (1.9 km2) of land on the Foreshore.

## Births

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* 30 January – Albie Sachs, activist and a former judge on the Constitutional Court of South Africa.
* 5 February – Johannes Geldenhuys, military commander (d. 2018)
* 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. (d. 2017)
* 29 May – André P. Brink, Sestiger author, in Vrede. (d. 2015)
* 23 August – Sol Kerzner, business magnate, founder of Southern Sun Hotel Group, Sun International & Kerzner International (d. 2020)
* 30 August – Peter Cartwright, actor. (d. 2013)
* 1 November – Gary Player, professional golfer.
* 11 November – Esther Mahlangu, artist from the Ndebele nation, bold large-scale contemporary paintings that reference her Ndebele heritage

## Deaths

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* 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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Class 15E Class 16E

### Railway lines opened

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* 19 October – Transvaal – Springs to Kaydale, 19 miles 68 chains (31.9 kilometres).[1]

### Locomotives

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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

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### Cricket

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* 2 July – The South African cricket team wins its first test cricket match against the English cricket team at Lord's Cricket Ground.

## References

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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. ^ a b c d Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 62–63, 67–74\. ISBN 0869772112.
3. ^ a b c Holland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England: David & Charles. pp. 68–72, 107. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
4. ^ Durrant, AE (1989). Twilight of South African Steam (1st ed.). Newton Abbott: David & Charles. pp. 3–64\. ISBN 0715386387.

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