1940 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1940 in South Africa.

1940
in
South Africa

Decades:
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
See also:

Incumbents

Events

January
June
December

Births

Deaths

  • 1 June Jan F. E. Celliers, poet, writer and dramatist. (b. 1865)
  • 10 August Abe Bailey, diamond tycoon, politician, financier and cricketer. (b. 1864)

Railways

Railway lines opened

  • 12 January Transvaal: Crown to Langlaagte, 3 miles 18 chains (5.2 kilometres).[3]
  • 2 December Transvaal: Germiston to Jupiter, 2 miles 68 chains (4.6 kilometres).[3]

Sports

References

  1. "Fred Brownell: The man who made South Africa's flag". BBC News. 27 April 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  2. President mourns passing of former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Aziz Pahad
  3. Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 191, ref. no. 200954-13

Sources

  • Faulkner, Donna (2014). Mandela. New Word City. ISBN 978-1-61230-749-7.
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