1936 in South Africa

none August 2020 December 2013 1936 The following lists events that happened during 1936 in South Africa. Incumbents Monarch: King George V (until 20 January), King Edward VIII (starting 20 January). Governor-General and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: The Earl of Clarendon. Prime Minister: James Barry Munnik Hertzog. Chief Justice: John Wessels then John Stephen Curlewis. Events February Trolleybuses (trackless trams) begin to operate in Cape Town. April 7 – The Representation of Natives Act no 16 of 1936 is passed, the first of a series of laws to diminish the voting rights of non-Whites in the Cape Province.Ian Loveland By Due Process of Law: Racial Discrimination and the Right to Vote in South Africa 1855-1960 https://books.google.com/books?id=h7u_SUxHpzwC&dq=Representation+of+Natives+Act,+1936 1999 Hart Publishing 978-0-313-29879-0 197–202 July 2 – Die Vaderland, the first Afrikaans daily newspaper in Transvaal, begins publishing in Johannesburg. September 15 – The Empire Exhibition, South Africa opens in Johannesburg.https://artefacts.co.za/main/Buildings/style_det.php?styleid=523 Empire Exhibition 5 June 2017 Unknown date The Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town is proclaimed a National Monument.http://www.places.co.za/html/ct_castle.html Castle of Good Hope places.co.za 18 March 2017 13 April 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190413070754/https://www.places.co.za/html/ct_castle.html dead Births 22 January – Clive Derby-Lewis, politician, played a role in the assassination of South African Communist Party leader Chris Hani (d. 2016) 18 March – F. W. de Klerk, 10th State President of South Africa (1989–1994). 11 April – Mac Maharaj, Apartheid Activist 20 June – Dick Lord, South African Air Force and Fleet Air Arm fighter pilot. (d. 2011) 21 June – Lionel Davis, artist, in Cape Town. 26 September – Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Apartheid Activist South Africa (d. 2018) 22 October – Neville Alexander in Cradock. (d. 2012)24 August 2012 http://www.sahistory.org.za/people/dr-neville-edward-alexander Dr. Neville Edward Alexander Nicolas Magnien South African History Online 14 November – Arthur Howard, cricketer Deaths 2 July – Lionel Phillips, mining magnate, chairman of the South African Chamber of Mines and politician, at Vergelegen, Somerset West. (b. 1855) Railways Railway lines opened thumb|Class ES 1 May – Natal – Point to Congella, 1 mi 52 ch km 1 off.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 15 June – Cape – Palingpan to Manganore, 3 mi 48 ch km 1 off. 30 June – Cape – Postmasburg to Lohatla, 23 mi 20 ch km 1 off. 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.134-13551, 63 References 30em 1936 in collapsed