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Incumbents

Monarch: King George V.
Governor-General and High Commissioner for Southern Africa:
- The Earl of Athlone (until 21 December).
- Jacob de Villiers (acting from 21 December).
Prime Minister: James Barry Munnik Hertzog.
Chief Justice: Jacob de Villiers.

Events

May

19 – White women are enfranchised.

October

10 – The Private Act of the University of Pretoria is passed, changing the name of the Transvaal University College to the University of Pretoria.

Births

30 January – Magnus Malan, soldier and Minister of Defence in the 1980s, in Pretoria. (d. 2011)
23 February – Fanie du Plessis, South African athlete, in Lichtenburg. (d. 2001)
12 May – Mazisi Kunene, poet, anti-apartheid movement activist. (d. 2006)
24 June – Donald Gordon, South African businessman and philanthropist (d. 2019)
7 August – Felicia Kentridge, lawyer (d. 2015)
5 November – Laloo Chiba, anti-apartheid activist. (d. 2020)
12 November – Molly Blackburn, anti-apartheid movement activist (d. 1985)
29 November – David Goldblatt, photographer, in Randfontein. (d. 2018)

Deaths

28 February – Sir Perceval Maitland Laurence, English classical scholar, South African judge and benefactor of the University of Cambridge. (b. 1854)
10 September 10 – Aubrey Faulkner, cricketer. (b. 1881)

Railways

Railway lines opened

14 April – Cape – Fort Knokke to Woltemade no. 1, 4 miles 5 chains (6.5 kilometres).^[1]
24 April – Free State – Parys to Vredefort, 10 miles 75 chains (17.6 kilometres).^[1]
14 May – Free State – Petrus Steyn to Lindley, 27 miles 67 chains (44.8 kilometres).^[2]
19 September – Natal – Empangeni to Nkwalini, 39 miles 67 chains (64.1 kilometres).^[1]^[2]
1 November – Cape – Koopmansfontein to Postmasburg, 65 miles 74 chains (106.1 kilometres).^[2]
6 November – South West Africa – Witvlei to Gobabis, 31 miles 44 chains (50.8 kilometres).^[2]
10 December – Cape – New England to Barkly East, 18 miles 6 chains (29.1 kilometres).^[2]

Locomotives

One Class 8X 2-8-0 locomotive is rebuilt to a 4-8-0 configuration and reclassified to the only member of Class 8R.^[3]^[4]^[5]
Six redesigned wide-firebox Class 16DA 4-6-2 Pacific locomotives enter passenger train service.^[5]^[6]^[7]
Fourteen Class 19B 4-8-2 Mountain type locomotives enter service.^[3]^[5]^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c 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
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e 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
^ ^a ^b Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 50–51, 71. ISBN 0869772112.
^ Dulez, Jean A. (2012). Railways of Southern Africa 150 Years (Commemorating One Hundred and Fifty Years of Railways on the Sub-Continent – Complete Motive Power Classifications and Famous Trains – 1860–2011) (1st ed.). Garden View, Johannesburg, South Africa: Vidrail Productions. p. 95. ISBN 9 780620 512282.
^ ^a ^b ^c Holland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England: David & Charles. pp. 67–68, 89. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
^ 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, May 1946. pp. 375–376.
^ ^a ^b South African Railways & Harbours/Suid Afrikaanse Spoorweë en Hawens (15 August 1941). Locomotive Diagram Book/Lokomotiefdiagramboek, 3'6" Gauge/Spoorwydte. SAR/SAS Mechanical Department/Werktuigkundige Dept. Drawing Office/Tekenkantoor, Pretoria. pp. 23–24.

Years in South Africa (1901–present)

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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)