1934 in South Africa

Decades:	1910s; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s;
See also:	; List of years in South Africa;

The following lists events that happened during 1934 in South Africa.

Incumbents

1 – South African Airways is inaugurated and takes over the passenger and goods air services from Union Airways.

3 – The Status of the Union Act and the Royal Executive Functions and Seals Act come into operation: i.a. they make Parliament the sovereign legislative power in the Union; adopt parts of the Statute of Westminster; vest the executive government in the king, acting on the advice of the South African ministers only; and institute the Royal Great Seal of the Union and the Royal Signet of the Union.^[1]

The Slums Act is passed, giving municipalities and the government the authority to acquire slum properties.

5 January – Phil Ramone, recording engineer, record producer, violinist and composer, co-founder of A & R Recording, Inc. (d. 2013)
14 January – Laurie Ackermann, Constitutional Court of South Africa judge
8 May – Sibusiso Bengu, politician
16 May – Ronnie Govender, playwright and director (d, 2021)
26 May – Dullah Omar, lawyer and politician. (d. 2004)
28 June – Peter Beighton, English-born geneticist (d. 2017)
5 August – Zakes Mokae, actor (d. 2009)
8 August – Sam Nzima, photographer who took what became the well known image of Hector Pieterson for the Soweto uprising (d. 2018)
3 October – Harold Henning, golfer. (d. 2004)
8 October – Kader Asmal, activist, politician and professor of human rights (d. 2011)
9 October – Abdullah Ibrahim, pianist and composer
20 October – Mary Peach, film and television actress
8 November – Edward Bhengu, activist and founding member of the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (d. 2010)
9 November – Ronald Harwood, playwright (d. 2020)

26 February – Transvaal – Northam to Thabazimbi, 28 miles 72 chains (46.5 kilometres).^[2]
29 July – Transvaal – Germiston to Elsburg, 2 miles 49 chains (4.2 kilometres).^[2]
21 September – Transvaal – Tuinplaas to Marble Hall, 36 miles 36 chains (58.7 kilometres).^[2]
15 October – Cape – Kleinstraat to Matroosberg, 8 miles 48 chains (13.8 kilometres).^[2]

^ May, H.J. (1949). The South African Constitution.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 190, ref. no. 200954-13