1935 in South Africa
The following lists events that happened during 1935 in South Africa. Incumbents
 Monarch: King George V.
 Governor-General and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: The Earl of Clarendon. Prime Minister: James Barry Munnik Hertzog. Chief Justice: John Wessels. Events
February
 1 – The South African Airways takes over the South West African Airways which has been providing a weekly airmail service between Windhoek and Kimberley since 1932. Unknown date
 Cape Town begins to reclaim 480 acres (1.9 km2) of land on the Foreshore. Births
 30 January – Albie Sachs, activist and a former judge on the Constitutional Court of South Africa. 5 February – Johannes Geldenhuys, military commander (d. 2018)
 5 March – Durant Sihlali, artist, in Germiston. (d. 2004)
 22 April – Mac Maharaj, political activist, in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal. 29 April – Tom van Vollenhoven, Springbok rugby player. (d. 2017)
 29 May – André P. Brink, Sestiger author, in Vrede. (d. 2015)
 23 August – Sol Kerzner, business magnate, founder of Southern Sun Hotel Group, Sun International & Kerzner International (d. 2020)
 30 August – Peter Cartwright, actor. (d. 2013)
 1 November – Gary Player, professional golfer. 11 November – Esther Mahlangu, artist from the Ndebele nation, bold large-scale contemporary paintings that reference her Ndebele heritage

Deaths
 28 March – Tielman Roos, politician and Minister of Justice. (b. 1879)
 2 November – Jock Cameron, South African cricketer. (b. 1905)
 20 May – Nontetha, Xhosa prophet

Railways

Railway lines opened
 19 October – Transvaal – Springs to Kaydale, . Locomotives
Four new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways (SAR), all with rotary cam poppet valve gear:
 The first of forty-four Class 15E 4-8-2 Mountain type locomotives. Six Class 16E  Pacific type passenger steam locomotives. Fifty Class 19C  Mountain type locomotives. A single experimental Class 20  Santa Fe type locomotive. Sports

Cricket
 2 July – The South African cricket team wins its first test cricket match against the English cricket team at Lord's Cricket Ground. References

 
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