1916 in South Africa

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12 – In the Battle of Salaita Hill, South African and other British Empire troops fail to take a German East African defensive position.

14-16 – During the Battle of Delville Wood, 766 men from the South African Brigade are killed in South Africa's biggest loss in the First World War.

12 January – P.W. Botha, politician, Prime Minister and State President. (d. 2006)
15 January – Rachel Alida de Toit, actor who performed under the name Lydia Lindeque. (d. 1997)^[2]
28 March – Abraham Manie Adelstein, South African-born Chief Medical Statistician of the United Kingdom. (d. 1992)
1 July – Thomas Hamilton-Brown, boxer. (d. 1981)

5 June – The Earl Kitchener, British military commander during the Second Boer War. (b. 1850)
28 November – Martinus Theunis Steyn, last State President of the Orange Free State. (b. 1857)

18 February – Transvaal – Morgenzon to Amersfoort, 27 miles 72 chains (44.9 kilometres).^[3]
25 May – Natal – Boughton to Cedara deviation, 11 miles 65 chains (19.0 kilometres).^[3]
5 June – Transvaal – Volksrust to Amersfoort, 50 miles 37 chains (81.2 kilometres).^[3]
30 June – Free State – Aliwal North (Cape) to Zastron, 55 miles 33 chains (89.2 kilometres).^[3]
31 July – Free State – Vierfontein to Bothaville, 23 miles 6 chains (37.1 kilometres).^[3]
18 September – Cape – Idutywa to Umtata, 71 miles 13 chains (114.5 kilometres).^[3]
2 October – Cape – Williston to Kootjieskolk, 38 miles 57 chains (62.3 kilometres).^[3]
18 October – Transvaal – Delareyville to Pudimoe (Cape), 79 miles 2 chains (127.2 kilometres).^[3]

November – Cape – Ascot to Tygerberg, 1 mile (1.6 kilometres).^[3]
24 November – Natal – Donnybrook to Underberg, 38 miles 69 chains (62.5 kilometres).^[3]

The South African Railways places six Class NG10 4-6-2 Pacific type steam locomotives in service on the Langkloof narrow gauge line.^[4]

^ Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Governors-General: 1910-1961 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
^ Kannemeyer, John Christoffel (2002). Die goue seun: die lewe en werk van Uys Krige (in Afrikaans). Cape Town: Tafelberg. p. 260. ISBN 978-0-62404-082-8.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 188, ref. no. 200954-13
^ Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 104–105. ISBN 0869772112.

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