1938 in South Africa
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Incumbents
Events
July
- 1 â The South African Press Association is established with offices in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Bloemfontein and Pretoria.
December
- 16 â The cornerstone of the Voortrekker Monument is laid.
- 23 â 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 â Percy Qoboza, journalist, author and critic of the Nationalist government, in Sophiatown. (d. 1988)
- 5 June â David Nthubu Koloane, artist, in Alexandra.
- 4 July
- Cyril Mitchley, South African cricketer, umpire and match referee.
- Ernie Pieterse, South African racing driver.
- 13 August â Lindiwe Mabuza, South African politician and diplomat (d. 2021)
- 12 November â Steve Tshwete, activist and politician, in Springs. (d. 2002)
- 18 November â 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 â Transvaal â Midway to Bank, 21 miles 2 chains (33.8 kilometres).[4]
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).[5]
- 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][5][6]
- The first of sixteen Class GM 4-8-2+2-8-4 Double Mountain type Garratt articulated steam locomotives.[1][2][7]