25 – The Appeal Court bench increases from six to eleven members.
April
22 – The National Tea and Coffee Company is founded.
May
19 – The
Black Sash, a non-violent white women's resistance organization, is founded by Jean Sinclair, Ruth Folley, Elizabeth McLaren, Tertia Pybus, Jean Bosazza and Helen Newton-Thompson.
June
20 – The Senate is enlarged from 48 to 89 members, giving the
National Party a majority of 77.
1 June –
Mbongeni Ngema, playwright, actor, writer, composer, screenwriter, musician, director and theatre producer. Most well known for creating
Sarafina.
The South African Railways places the first of sixty
Class 5E, Series 1 electric locomotives in mainline service. Designed by
English Electric and built by
Vulcan Foundry, it is the prototype of what would eventually become the most prolific locomotive type to ever run on South African rails.[1][2]
1 October – South Africa wins 4–1 at the
Newcastle's Sports Grounds,
Australia.
References
^South African Railways Index and Diagrams Electric and Diesel Locomotives, 610mm and 1065mm Gauges, Ref LXD 14/1/100/20, 28 January 1975, as amended
^Dulez, Jean A. (2012). Railways of Southern Africa 150 Years (Commemorating One Hundred and Fifty Years of Railways on the Sub-Continent – Complete Motive Power Classifications and Famous Trains – 1860–2011) (1st ed.). Garden View, Johannesburg, South Africa: Vidrail Productions. p. 292.
ISBN9 780620 512282.
25 – The Appeal Court bench increases from six to eleven members.
April
22 – The National Tea and Coffee Company is founded.
May
19 – The
Black Sash, a non-violent white women's resistance organization, is founded by Jean Sinclair, Ruth Folley, Elizabeth McLaren, Tertia Pybus, Jean Bosazza and Helen Newton-Thompson.
June
20 – The Senate is enlarged from 48 to 89 members, giving the
National Party a majority of 77.
1 June –
Mbongeni Ngema, playwright, actor, writer, composer, screenwriter, musician, director and theatre producer. Most well known for creating
Sarafina.
The South African Railways places the first of sixty
Class 5E, Series 1 electric locomotives in mainline service. Designed by
English Electric and built by
Vulcan Foundry, it is the prototype of what would eventually become the most prolific locomotive type to ever run on South African rails.[1][2]
1 October – South Africa wins 4–1 at the
Newcastle's Sports Grounds,
Australia.
References
^South African Railways Index and Diagrams Electric and Diesel Locomotives, 610mm and 1065mm Gauges, Ref LXD 14/1/100/20, 28 January 1975, as amended
^Dulez, Jean A. (2012). Railways of Southern Africa 150 Years (Commemorating One Hundred and Fifty Years of Railways on the Sub-Continent – Complete Motive Power Classifications and Famous Trains – 1860–2011) (1st ed.). Garden View, Johannesburg, South Africa: Vidrail Productions. p. 292.
ISBN9 780620 512282.