1931 in South Africa
List of events
The following lists events that happened during 1931 in South Africa .
Incumbents
Events
January
December
Births
21 January – Joseph Engenas Matlhakanye Lekganyane, founder of the St Engenas Zion Christian Church.
26 February – Isaac Lesiba Maphotho , anti-apartheid activist. (d. 2019)
10 March – Raymond Ackerman , businessman, founder of Pick 'n Pay supermarket group.
19 April – Kobie Coetsee , politician, in Ladybrand . (d. 2000)
5 July – Ismail Mahomed , South African and Namibian Chief Justice . (d. 2000)
15 July – Gene Louw , politician.
27 September – Thandi Klaasen , jazz musician (d. 2017).
4 October – Basil D'Oliveira , cricketer (d. 2011)
7 October – Desmond Tutu , social rights activist and Anglican bishop, in Klerksdorp (d. 2021).
24 November – Arthur Chaskalson , President of the Constitutional Court of South Africa & Chief Justice of South Africa .
12 December – Jafta Masemola , anti-apartheid activist. (d. 1994)
31 December – Dorothy Nyembe , activist and politician (d. 1998).
Deaths
9 January – Second Boer War General Johannes Gerhardus Celliers at age 70.
24 January – Sir Percy FitzPatrick , author, politician and mining financier. (b. 1862)
24 October – Sir Murray Bisset , South African cricketer and Governor of Southern Rhodesia (b. 1876)
Railways
Class NG G14 Garratt
Class NG15 Kalahari
Railway lines opened
3 June – Cape – Molteno to Jamestown , 41 miles 72 chains (67.4 kilometres).[ 1]
1 July – Natal – Chailey to Mount Alida, 25 miles 33 chains (40.9 kilometres).[ 1]
1 July – Natal – Greyville Cabin to Berea Road , 1 mile 36 chains (2.3 kilometres).[ 1]
Locomotives
Two new narrow gauge steam locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways (SAR):
Sports
Rugby
References
^ a b c 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
^ a b Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 107–108. ISBN 0869772112 .
1931 in Africa
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Dependencies and other territories