The following lists events that happened during 1935 in South Africa.
Incumbents Monarch: King George V. Governor-General and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: The Earl of Clarendon. Prime Minister: James Barry Munnik Hertzog. Chief Justice: John Wessels.
Events February 1 – 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 Cape Town begins to reclaim 480 acres (1.9 km2) of land on the Foreshore.
Births 30 January – Albie Sachs, activist and a former judge on the Constitutional Court of South Africa. 5 February – Johannes Geldenhuys, military commander (d. 2018) 5 March – Durant Sihlali, artist. (d. 2004) 1 April – Cyril Karabus, paediatric oncologist (d. 2026) 22 April – Mac Maharaj, political activist, in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal. 29 April – Tom van Vollenhoven, Springbok rugby player. (d. 2017) 26 May – Sheila Steafel, actress in the United Kingdom. (d. 2019) 29 May – André P. Brink, Sestiger author, in Vrede. (d. 2015) 23 August – Sol Kerzner, business magnate, founder of Southern Sun Hotel Group, Sun International & Kerzner International (d. 2020) 30 August – Peter Cartwright, actor. (d. 2013) 1 November – Gary Player, professional golfer. 11 November – Esther Mahlangu, artist from the Ndebele nation, bold large-scale contemporary paintings that reference her Ndebele heritage
Deaths 28 March – Tielman Roos, politician and Minister of Justice. (b. 1879) 2 November – Jock Cameron, South African cricketer. (b. 1905) 20 May – Nontetha, Xhosa prophet
Railways
Railway lines opened 19 October – Transvaal – Springs to Kaydale, .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
Locomotives Four new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways (SAR), all with rotary cam poppet valve gear: The first of forty-four Class 15E 4-8-2 Mountain type locomotives. Six Class 16E Pacific type passenger steam locomotives. Fifty Class 19C Mountain type locomotives. A single experimental Class 20 Santa Fe type locomotive.
Sports
Cricket 2 July – The South African cricket team wins its first test cricket match against the English cricket team at Lord's Cricket Ground.
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