1937 in South Africa
List of events
| |||||
Decades: |
| ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
See also: |
The following lists events that happened during 1937 in South Africa.
Incumbents
- Monarch: King George VI.
- Governor-General:
- The Earl of Clarendon (until 19 March),
- John Stephen Curlewis (acting, 19 March to 5 April)
- Sir Patrick Duncan (starting 5 April).
- Prime Minister: James Barry Munnik Hertzog.
- Chief Justice: John Stephen Curlewis.
Events
- January
- 15 – The Empire Exhibition, South Africa closes in Johannesburg.[1]
- February
- 1 – The Aliens Act No. 1 is promulgated, restricting and regulating the entry of certain aliens into the Union of South Africa and regulating the right of any person to assume a surname.
- April
- 5 – Sir Patrick Duncan is appointed the 6th Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, the first South African to hold the position.
Births
- Eric Bhamuza Sono, captain of Orlando Pirates F.C. and was the father of soccer player & coach Jomo Sono (d. 1964)
- 29 March – Marike de Klerk, politician, First Lady of South Africa, as the wife of State President Frederik Willem de Klerk, from 1989-1994
- 5 May – Ray Ntlokwana, actor, affectionately known as "Velaphi" following his lead role in the SABC Xhosa play, Velaphi
- 1 July – Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim, political activist (d. 2021)
- 4 July – Clive Scott (actor), actor
- 6 July – Bessie Head, writer (d. 1986)
- 18 September – Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, politician, in Kroonstad. (d. 2009)
- 19 October – Jonas Gwangwa, jazz musician, songwriter and producer
Deaths
Railways
Locomotives
Four new locomotive types, three steam and one electric, enter service on the South African Railways (SAR):
- The first of 235 Class 19D 4-8-2 Mountain type steam locomotives.[2][3][4]
- A single Class 21 2-10-4 Texas type steam locomotive.[3][4][5]
- The first of thirty-four Class NG G16 narrow gauge 2-6-2+2-6-2 Double Prairie type Garratt locomotives.[4][5]
- Three German-built 3 kV DC Class 2E electric locomotives.[6]
References
- ^ "Empire Exhibition". Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ South African Railways and Harbours Locomotive Diagram Book, 2'0" & 3'6" Gauge Steam Locomotives, 15 August 1941, as amended
- ^ a b Holland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England: David & Charles. pp. 73–76, 93–96. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
- ^ a b c Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 72–75, 107, 109–110. ISBN 0869772112.
- ^ a b Durrant, AE (1989). Twilight of South African Steam (1st ed.). Newton Abbott: David & Charles. pp. 37, 126–127. ISBN 0715386387.
- ^ South African Railways Index and Diagrams Electric and Diesel Locomotives, 2'0" & 3'6" Gauge, circa 1940, as amended
- v
- t
- e
- 1901
- 1902
- 1903
- 1904
- 1905
- 1906
- 1907
- 1908
- 1909
- 1910
- 1911
- 1912
- 1913
- 1914
- 1915
- 1916
- 1917
- 1918
- 1919
- 1920
- 1921
- 1922
- 1923
- 1924
- 1925
- 1926
- 1927
- 1928
- 1929
- 1930
- 1931
- 1932
- 1933
- 1934
- 1935
- 1936
- 1937
- 1938
- 1939
- 1940
- 1941
- 1942
- 1943
- 1944
- 1945
- 1946
- 1947
- 1948
- 1949
- 1950
- 1951
- 1952
- 1953
- 1954
- 1955
- 1956
- 1957
- 1958
- 1959
- 1960
- 1961
- 1962
- 1963
- 1964
- 1965
- 1966
- 1967
- 1968
- 1969
- 1970
- 1971
- 1972
- 1973
- 1974
- 1975
- 1976
- 1977
- 1978
- 1979
- 1980
- 1981
- 1982
- 1983
- 1984
- 1985
- 1986
- 1987
- 1988
- 1989
- 1990
- 1991
- 1992
- 1993
- 1994
- 1995
- 1996
- 1997
- 1998
- 1999
- 2000