1936 in South Africa
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Events
- 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.
Births
- 21 June – Lionel Davis, artist, is born in Cape Town.
- 22 October – Neville Alexander is born in Cradock, Eastern Cape. (d. 2012)[1]
Deaths
- 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.
Railways
Railway lines opened
- 1 May – Natal – Point to Congella, 1 mile 52 chains (2.7 kilometres).[2]
- 15 June – Cape – Palingpan to Manganore, 3 miles 48 chains (5.8 kilometres).[2]
- 30 June – Cape – Postmasburg to Lohatla, 23 miles 20 chains (37.4 kilometres).[2]
Locomotives
- 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.[3][4]
References
- ↑ Nicolas Magnien. "Dr. Neville Edward Alexander". South African History Online. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- 1 2 3 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
- ↑ Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 134–135. ISBN 0869772112.
- ↑ Middleton, John N. (2002). Railways of Southern Africa Locomotive Guide - 2002 (as amended by Combined Amendment List 4, January 2009) (2nd, Dec 2002 ed.). Herts, England: Beyer-Garratt Publications. pp. 51, 63.
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