1936 in South Africa

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See also:	List of years in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1936 in South Africa.

Incumbents

• Monarch: King George V (until 20 January), King Edward VIII (starting 20 January).
• Governor-General and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: The Earl of Clarendon.
• Prime Minister: James Barry Munnik Hertzog.
• Chief Justice: John Wessels then John Stephen Curlewis.

Events

February

• Trolleybuses (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. ^[1]

July

• 2 – Die Vaderland, the first Afrikaans daily newspaper in Transvaal, begins publishing in Johannesburg.

September

• 15 – The Empire Exhibition, South Africa opens in Johannesburg. ^[2]

Unknown date

• The Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town is proclaimed a National Monument. ^[3]

Births

• 22 January – Clive Derby-Lewis, politician, played a role in the assassination of South African Communist Party leader Chris Hani (d. 2016)
• 18 March – F. W. de Klerk, 10th State President of South Africa (1989–1994).
• 11 April – Mac Maharaj, Apartheid Activist
• 20 June – Dick Lord, South African Air Force and Fleet Air Arm fighter pilot. (d. 2011)
• 21 June – Lionel Davis, artist, in Cape Town.
• 26 September – Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Apartheid Activist South Africa (d. 2018)
• 22 October – Neville Alexander in Cradock. (d. 2012) ^[4]

Deaths

• 2 July – Lionel Phillips, mining magnate, chairman of the South African Chamber of Mines and politician, at Vergelegen, Somerset West. (b. 1855)

Railways

Railway lines opened

Class ES

• 1 May – Natal – Point to Congella, 1 mile 52 chains (2.7 kilometres). ^[5]
• 15 June – Cape – Palingpan to Manganore, 3 miles 48 chains (5.8 kilometres). ^[5]
• 30 June – Cape – Postmasburg to Lohatla, 23 miles 20 chains (37.4 kilometres). ^[5]

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. ^{[6] [7]}

References

1. Ian Loveland (1999). By Due Process of Law: Racial Discrimination and the Right to Vote in South Africa 1855-1960. Hart Publishing. pp. 197–202. ISBN   978-0-313-29879-0.
2. "Empire Exhibition" . Retrieved 5 June 2017.
3. "Castle of Good Hope". places.co.za. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
4. Nicolas Magnien. "Dr. Neville Edward Alexander". South African History Online. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
5. 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
6. Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 134–135. ISBN   0869772112.
7. 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.