1935 in South Africa
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Incumbents
Events
- February
- 1 â 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
- 30 January â Albie Sachs, activist and a former judge on the Constitutional Court of South Africa.
- 5 February â Johannes Geldenhuys, military commander (d. 2018)
- 5 March â Durant Sihlali, artist, in Germiston. (d. 2004)
- 1 April â Cyril Karabus, South African paediatric oncologist[1]
- 22 April â Mac Maharaj, political activist, in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal.
- 29 April â Tom van Vollenhoven, Springbok rugby player. (d. 2017)
- 26 May â Sheila Steafel, actress in the United Kingdom. (d. 2019)
- 29 May â André P. Brink, Sestiger author, in Vrede. (d. 2015)
- 23 August â Sol Kerzner, business magnate, founder of Southern Sun Hotel Group, Sun International & Kerzner International (d. 2020)
- 30 August â Peter Cartwright, actor. (d. 2013)
- 1 November â Gary Player, professional golfer.
- 11 November â Esther Mahlangu, artist from the Ndebele nation, bold large-scale contemporary paintings that reference her Ndebele heritage
Deaths
- 28 March â Tielman Roos, politician and Minister of Justice. (b. 1879)
- 2 November â Jock Cameron, South African cricketer. (b. 1905)
- 20 May â 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:
Sports
Cricket
- 2 July â The South African cricket team wins its first test cricket match against the English cricket team at Lord's Cricket Ground.