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Incumbents

Monarch: King George V.
Governor-General and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: The Earl of Athlone.^[1]
Prime Minister: J.B.M. Hertzog.
Chief Justice: James Rose Innes.

Events

May

1 – The Prince of Wales arrives in Cape Town on a visit to South Africa.

July

23 – D.F. Malan, Minister of the Interior, introduces the Areas Reservation and Immigration and Registration Bill, also known as the Asiatic Bill.^[2]

Augustus

1 – The New Cape Central Railway and its 204 miles 69 chains (329.7 kilometres) long line between Worcester and Voorbaai is incorporated into the South African Railways (SAR).^[3]

Unknown date

Afrikaans officially replaces Dutch as the second official language after English.
The manor house of Groot Constantia is gutted by a fire.
The University of Pretoria begins the tradition of Jool in South Africa.^[4]
South Africa returns to the gold standard.

Births

14 April – Colin Eglin, founding member and leader of the Progressive Federal Party. (d. 2013)^[5]
4 May – Ruth First, journalist, academic and activist. (d. 1982)
6 June – Andrew Mlangeni, anti-apartheid activist. (d. 2020)
19 June – Alfred Nzo, anti-apartheid activist. (d. 2000)
28 September – Cromwell Everson, composer. (d. 1991)
5 October – Herbert Kretzmer, journalist and lyricist (d. 2020)
14 October – Phillip Tobias, palaeoanthropologist. (d. 2012)

Deaths

30 August – Cathcart William Methven, civil engineer and painter. (b. 1849)

Railways

Railway lines opened

21 January – Transvaal – Rustenburg to Boshoek, 15 miles 17 chains (24.5 kilometres).^[3]
26 May – Transvaal – Magaliesburg to Schoemansville, 33 miles 20 chains (53.5 kilometres).^[3]
26 June – Natal – Eshowe to Extension, 74 chains (1.5 kilometres).^[3]
1 September – Transvaal – Ermelo to Lothair, 30 miles 51 chains (49.3 kilometres).^[3]
25 September – Transvaal – Elandshoek to Solarvale (Narrow gauge), 9 miles 40 chains (15.3 kilometres).^[3]
1 October – Transvaal – Nylstroom to Vaalwater, 45 miles 62 chains (73.7 kilometres).^[3]
14 October – Free State – Senekal to Marquard, 29 miles 78 chains (48.2 kilometres).^[3]
19 October – Cape – Kareevlakte to Ladismith, 46 miles 38 chains (74.8 kilometres).^[3]
26 November – Free State – Frankfort to Villiers, 19 miles 40 chains (31.4 kilometres).^[3]
1 December – Cape – Fort Beaufort to Katberg (Narrow gauge), 24 miles 36 chains (39.3 kilometres).^[3]

Locomotives

Seven new Cape gauge locomotive types, six steam and one electric, enter service on the SAR. The electric locomotive is the first non-steam mainline locomotive type to enter service in South Africa in quantity.

A single experimental Class FC Modified Fairlie articulated steam locomotive.^[6]^[7]^[8]
The first four Class GD branchline 2-6-2+2-6-2 Garratt articulated locomotives.^[6]^[7]^[9]
The first six of eighteen Class GE 2-8-2+2-8-2 Garratt locomotives.^[6]^[7]^[9]
A single Class GG 2-6-2+2-6-2 Double Prairie type Garratt on fast mainline passenger service.^[6]^[7]^[9]
Two American-built Class 15C 4-8-2 Mountain type steam locomotives.^[6]
The first two of seven Class 16D 4-6-2 Pacific type passenger locomotives.^[7]
The first of altogether 172 Class 1E electric locomotives, spread over seven orders, the first mainline electric locomotive to be introduced in South Africa.^[6]^[10]^[11]

References

^ Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Governors-General: 1910-1961 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
^ Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 6, p. 68.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k 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
^ Retrieved 1 April 2010
^ Stanley Uys. "Colin Eglin obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 61–62, 66, 90–93, 97, 125. ISBN 0869772112.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Holland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England: David & Charles. pp. 43–45, 47–49. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
^ Espitalier, T.J.; Day, W.A.J. (1945). The Locomotive in South Africa - A Brief History of Railway Development. Chapter VII - South African Railways (Continued). South African Railways and Harbours Magazine, December 1945. pp. 967-968.
^ ^a ^b ^c Hamilton, Gavin N., The Garratt Locomotive - Garratt Locomotives produced by Beyer, Peacock, retrieved 10 November 2012
^ South African Railways Index and Diagrams Electric and Diesel Locomotives, 610 mm and 1065 mm Gauges, Ref LXD 14/1/100/20, 28 January 1975, as amended
^ Espitalier, T.J.; Day, W.A.J. (1946). The Locomotive in South Africa - A Brief History of Railway Development. Chapter VII - South African Railways (Continued). South African Railways and Harbours Magazine, March 1946. pp. 205-208.

Years in South Africa (1901–present)

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