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The following lists events that happened during 1928 in South Africa .
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Events
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May
31 – South Africa adopts a new national flag, based upon the Van Riebeeck flag or Prinsevlag (originally the Dutch flag), to replace the Red Ensign .
June
Unknown date
Eskom 's first thermal power station, Salt River No. 1, begins operation.
The Cecchetti Society of Southern Africa is formed with the aim of promoting the Methods of Enrico Cecchetti and introducing the Principles of the Cecchetti method to young ballet dancers in Southern Africa.
Births
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2 January – Kate Molale , anti-apartheid activist. (d. 1980)
16 January – Dirk Mudge , Namibian politician. (d. 2020)
19 March – Clive van Ryneveld , cricketer. (d. 2018)
27 May – Johan Heyns , theologian. (d. 1994)
10 July – Jack Nel , cricketer. (d. 2018)
27 August – Mangosuthu Buthelezi , leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party .
1 October – Laurence Harvey , Lithuanian-born South African actor. (d. 1973)
25 October – Edward Daniels , anti-apartheid activist (d. 2017)
14 November – George Bizos , human rights lawyer. (d. 2020)
6 December – Clarence Makwetu , anti-apartheid activist. (d. 2016)
Deaths
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5 June – Liege Hulett , politician and sugar magnate. (b. 1838)
Railways
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Narrow firebox Class 16DA
Class 19
Class GH Union Garratt
Railway lines opened
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Locomotives
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Three new Cape gauge steam locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways (SAR):
References
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^ a b c d e f g h Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway , Statement No. 19, p. 189, ref. no. 200954-13
^ a b c Holland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways . Vol. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England: David & Charles . ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8 .
^ a b c Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 10–11, 67, 69–70, 93. ISBN 0869772112 .
^ South African Railways and Harbours Locomotive Diagram Book, 2'0" & 3'6" Gauge Steam Locomotives, 15 August 1941, as amended
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● Y e a r s o f t h e 2 0 t h c e n t u r y i n S o u t h A f r i c a
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● C S 1 : l o n g v o l u m e v a l u e
● U s e d m y d a t e s f r o m N o v e m b e r 2 0 2 0
● U s e S o u t h A f r i c a n E n g l i s h f r o m J u l y 2 0 1 2
● A l l W i k i p e d i a a r t i c l e s w r i t t e n i n S o u t h A f r i c a n E n g l i s h
● A r t i c l e s w i t h s h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n
● S h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n i s d i f f e r e n t f r o m W i k i d a t a
● T h i s p a g e w a s l a s t e d i t e d o n 1 9 J u n e 2 0 2 4 , a t 0 8 : 1 2 ( U T C ) .
● T e x t i s a v a i l a b l e u n d e r t h e C r e a t i v e C o m m o n s A t t r i b u t i o n - S h a r e A l i k e L i c e n s e 4 . 0 ;
a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n .
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