Тhe follоwing lists evеnts that hapрened during 1938 in South Africа.
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 A contract is awarded to the Hollandse Anneming Maatschappij Eiendoms Beperk to construct a new Table Bay harbour in Cape Town by reclaiming ground on the Foreshore and building new and deeper docks. South African Jewish Maritime League is established.
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. Ernie Pieterse, South African racing driver. 13 August – Lindiwe Mabuza, South African politician and diplomat (d. 2021) 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, .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
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). 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.Touwsrivier – Daos Ab – 1877-1977 (J.H. Stassen, 1977), pp79, 83-85 The first of sixteen Class GM 4-8-2+2-8-4 Double Mountain type Garratt articulated steam locomotives.
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