2 –
J. B. M. Hertzog puts his case to the National Assembly for South Africa to remain neutral in the
Second World War, against
Jan Smuts who supports a Commonwealth alliance.
The Hollandse Anneming Maatschappij, constructors of a new
Table Bay harbour, imports a small
0-4-0T locomotive as on-site construction engine, later employed as SAR
dock shunter.[2][3][4]
Sports
3 March – In
Durban, the
Timeless Test begins between England and South Africa, the longest game of cricket ever played. It is abandoned twelve days later when the English team has to catch the ship for home.[5]
^Holland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England:
David & Charles. pp. 124–125.
ISBN978-0-7153-5427-8.