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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 &ndash; The South African Press Association is established with offices in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Bloemfontein and Pretoria.

December

  • 16 &ndash; The cornerstone of the Voortrekker Monument is laid.
  • 23 &ndash; 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 &ndash; Percy Qoboza, journalist, author and critic of the Nationalist government, in Sophiatown. (d. 1988)
  • 5 June &ndash; 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 &ndash; Lindiwe Mabuza, South African politician and diplomat (d. 2021)
  • 12 November &ndash; Steve Tshwete, activist and politician, in Springs. (d. 2002)
  • 18 November &ndash; 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

thumb|[[South African Class 15F 4-8-2|Class 15F]]

thumb|[[South African Class GM 4-8-2+2-8-4|Class GM]]

Railway lines opened

  • 6 November &ndash; Transvaal &ndash; Midway to Bank, .

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.
  • The first of sixteen Class GM 4-8-2+2-8-4 Double Mountain type Garratt articulated steam locomotives.

References