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EVENTS

Cape Town starts reclaming 480 acres (1.9 km²) of land on the foreshore

1 February - The South African Airways , takes over the South-West African Airways which has since 1932 been providing a weekly air-mail service between Windhoek and Kimberley

2 July - The South African Cricket Team wins its first Test Cricket match at Lord's Cricket Ground against the English Cricket Team

BIRTHS

5 March - Durant Sihlali , Artist , is born in Germiston

22 April - Sathyandranath Ragunanan Maharaj , a political activist, is born in Newcastle , Natal

29 May - André Phillipus Brink , author, is born in Vrede , Orange Free State

DEATHS

28 March - Tielman Roos , a politician and former Minister of Justice, dies at the age of 56 after a long struggle against ill health