1939 in South Africa
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Events
- September
- 2 – J.B.M. Hertzog puts his case to the National Assembly for South Africa to remain neutral in the Second World War, against Jan Smuts who supports a Commonwealth alliance.
- 4 – Jan Smuts becomes the 4th Prime Minister of South Africa for the second time.
- 5 – The National Assembly votes on a motion whether or not to join the war and Jan Smuts wins by 13 votes.
- 6 – The Union of South Africa declares war on Germany.
- Unknown date
- The University of Pretoria's official university newspaper, Die Perdeby, is established.[1]
Births
- 26 June – Philip Swiegers.
- 18 March – Dr. John W. de Gruchy.
Deaths
- 16 October – Charlotte Maxeke, religious leader and political activist, dies in Johannesburg at the age of 65.
Railways
Locomotives
The first two diesel-electric locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways (SAR):
- A single Class DS AEG shunting engine enters service at the Congella yards near Durban.[2]
- A second shunting locomotive, the Class DS1, enters SAR service while another is delivered to the Electricity Supply Commission.[2]:136–137
- The Hollandse Anneming Maatschappij, constructors of a new Table Bay harbour, imports a small Orenstein & Koppel 0-4-0 tank locomotive as on-site construction engine.[2]:122[3][4]:124–125
References
- ↑ University of Pretoria Historical Overview Retrieved 1 October 2010
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.:136–137
- ↑ Railway History Group of Southern Africa, Bulletin no. 114, January 2013: Notes on Cape Town Harbour Extension Contracts, by John Middleton
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