1936
in
South Africa

Decades:
  • 1910s
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
See also:

The following lists events that happened during 1936 in South Africa.

Incumbents

Events

February
  • Trolleybuses (trackless trams) begin to operate in Cape Town.
April
July
September
Unknown date

Births

Deaths

Railways

Railway lines opened

Class ES
  • 1 May Natal Point to Congella, 1 mile 52 chains (2.7 kilometres).[5]
  • 15 June Cape Palingpan to Manganore, 3 miles 48 chains (5.8 kilometres).[5]
  • 30 June Cape Postmasburg to Lohatla, 23 miles 20 chains (37.4 kilometres).[5]

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.[6][7]

References

  1. Ian Loveland (1999). By Due Process of Law: Racial Discrimination and the Right to Vote in South Africa 1855-1960. Hart Publishing. pp. 197–202. ISBN 978-0-313-29879-0.
  2. "Empire Exhibition". Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  3. "Castle of Good Hope". places.co.za. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  4. Nicolas Magnien. "Dr. Neville Edward Alexander". South African History Online. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 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
  6. Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 134–135. ISBN 0869772112.
  7. 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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.