1938 in South Africa

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The following lists events that happened during 1938 in South Africa.

Video 1938 in South Africa

1 - The South African Press Association is established with offices in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Bloemfontein and Pretoria.

16 - The cornerstone of the Voortrekker Monument is laid.
23 - A coelacanth, a fish thought to have gone extinct prehistorically, is caught off the east coast near Chalumna River mouth.

A contract is awarded to the Hollandse Anneming Maatschappij Eiendoms Beperk to construct a new Table Bay harbour in Cape Town by reclaiming ground on the Foreshore and building new and deeper docks.

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17 January - Percy Qoboza, journalist, author and critic of the Nationalist government, in Sophiatown. (d. 1988)
5 June - David Nthubu Koloane, artist, in Alexandra.
4 July - Cyril Mitchley, South African cricketer, umpire and match referee.
4 July - Ernie Pieterse, South African racing driver.
12 November - Steve Tshwete, activist and politician, in Springs. (d. 2002)

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Three new locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways (SAR):
- The first of the Class 15F 4-8-2 Mountain type, at 255 the most numerous steam locomotive class on the South African Railways (SAR).
- One hundred and thirty-six Class 23 locomotives enter service, the last and the largest 4-8-2 Mountain type locomotive to be designed by the SAR.
- The first of sixteen Class GM 4-8-2+2-8-4 Double Mountain type Garratt articulated steam locomotives.

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