1938 in South Africa
The following lists events that happened during 1938 in South Africa.
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Incumbents
- Monarch: King George VI.
- Governor-General and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: Sir Patrick Duncan
- Prime Minister: James Barry Munnik Hertzog.
- Chief Justice: John Stephen Curlewis then James Stratford.
Events
- July
- 1 – The South African Press Association is established with offices in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Bloemfontein and Pretoria.
- December
- 16 – The cornerstone of the Voortrekker Monument is laid.
- 23 – A coelacanth, a fish thought to have gone extinct prehistorically, is caught off the east coast near Chalumna River mouth.
- Unknown date
Births
- 17 January – Percy Qoboza, journalist, author and critic of the Nationalist government, in Sophiatown. (d. 1988)
- 5 June – David Nthubu Koloane, artist, in Alexandra.
- 4 July – Cyril Mitchley, South African cricketer, umpire and match referee.
- 4 July – Ernie Pieterse, South African racing driver.
- 12 November – Steve Tshwete, activist and politician, in Springs. (d. 2002)
- 18 November – Zanele Dlamini Mbeki, former First Lady of South Africa as the wife of former President of South Africa Thabo Mbeki, founder of Women's Development Bank
Deaths
Railways
Railway lines opened
- 6 November – Transvaal – Midway to Bank, 21 miles 2 chains (33.8 kilometres).[3]
Locomotives
- Three new locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways (SAR):
- The first of the Class 15F 4-8-2 Mountain type, at 255 the most numerous steam locomotive class on the South African Railways (SAR).[4]
- One hundred and thirty-six Class 23 locomotives enter service, the last and the largest 4-8-2 Mountain type locomotive to be designed by the SAR.[1][2][4][5]
- The first of sixteen Class GM 4-8-2+2-8-4 Double Mountain type Garratt articulated steam locomotives.[1][2][6]
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References
- Holland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. pp. 96–100, 124–125. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
- Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 75–76, 94–95, 122. ISBN 0869772112.
- Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 191, ref. no. 200954-13
- Durrant, A. E. (1989). Twilight of South African Steam (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, London: David & Charles. pp. 90–91, 105. ISBN 0715386387.
- Touwsrivier – Daos Ab – 1877-1977 (J.H. Stassen, 1977), pp79, 83-85
- Hamilton, Gavin N., The Garratt Locomotive - Garratt Locomotives produced by Beyer, Peacock, retrieved 10 November 2012
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