1924 in South Africa

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23 February – Allan Cormack, South African-American physicist and 1979 Nobel Prize laureate. (d. 1998)
14 July – Stephen Fry, Springbok rugby captain. (d. 2002)
26 July – Elias Motsoaledi, political activist. (d. 1994)
8 September – Hazel Brooks, actress (d. 2002)
28 November – Dennis Brutus, poet and anti-apartheid activist. (d. 2009)
5 December – Robert Sobukwe, anti-apartheid activist. (d. 1978)

16 April – Free State – Wepener to Zastron, 46 miles 62 chains (75.3 kilometres).^[2]
19 April – Cape – Klipdale to Bredasdorp, 25 miles 36 chains (41.0 kilometres).^[2]
1 May – Transvaal – Balfour North to Grootvlei, 11 miles 30 chains (18.3 kilometres).^[2]
16 June – Cape – Pinelands to Langa, 2 miles 51 chains (4.2 kilometres).^[2]
24 July – Free State – Heilbron to Petrus Steyn, 31 miles 6 chains (50.0 kilometres).^[2]
10 September – Transvaal – Lydenburg to Steelpoort, 74 miles 40 chains (119.9 kilometres).^[2]
19 September – South West Africa – Gobabis Junction in Windhoek to Ondekaremba, 29 miles 70 chains (48.1 kilometres).^[2]
22 September – Transvaal – Naboomspruit to Singlewood, 20 miles 47 chains (33.1 kilometres).^[2]
3 November – Cape – Franklin to Kokstad, 25 miles 54 chains (41.3 kilometres).^[2]
4 November – Cape – Franklin to Matatiele, 47 miles 76 chains (77.2 kilometres).^[2]
14 November – Cape – Oudtshoorn to Calitzdorp, 35 miles 20 chains (56.7 kilometres).^[2]
15 December – Cape – Touws River to Kareevlakte, 41 miles 59 chains (67.2 kilometres).^[2]
15 December – Transvaal – Hercules to Schoemansville, 17 miles 64 chains (28.6 kilometres).^[2]

The first of six Class GC branchline 2-6-2+2-6-2 Garratt articulated locomotives.^[3]^[4]^[5]
A single Class ES1 battery-powered shunting locomotive at the construction site of the Colenso power station.^[4]

^ ^a ^b Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Governors-General: 1910-1961 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m 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
^ Holland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England: David & Charles. pp. 43–44. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
^ ^a ^b Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 90, 135. ISBN 0869772112.
^ Hamilton, Gavin N., The Garratt Locomotive - Garratt Locomotives produced by Beyer, Peacock, retrieved 10 November 2012

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States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland
Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)