1936 in South Africa

[[Image:Flag of South Africa 1928-1994.svg|border|35px|alt=	link=Union ofSouth Africa]]	1936 in South Africa	[[Image:Flag of South Africa 1928-1994.svg|border|35px|alt=	link=Union ofSouth Africa]]
1933 1934 1935 « 1936 » 1937 1938 1939
List of years in South Africa

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

1. Nicolas Magnien. "Dr. Neville Edward Alexander". South African History Online. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
2. 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
3. Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 134–135. ISBN 0869772112.
4. 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.