1913 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1913 in South Africa.

1913
in
South Africa

Decades:
  • 1890s
  • 1900s
  • 1910s
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
See also:

Incumbents

Events

May
  • South Africa's first flying school opens in Kimberley to train pilots for the South African Aviation Corps.
June
  • 19 The Natives Land Act is passed, limiting land ownership for blacks to black territories.
November
  • 6 Mohandas Gandhi is arrested while leading a march of Indian miners in South Africa.
Unknown date

Births

Deaths

Railways

Railway lines opened

  • 5 March Cape Vredenburg to Saldanha (Narrow gauge), 9 miles 65 chains (15.8 kilometres).[2]
  • 15 May Free State Arlington to Senekal, 27 miles 30 chains (44.1 kilometres).[2]
  • 15 July Cape Butterworth to Idutywa, 26 miles 74 chains (43.3 kilometres).[2]
  • 6 August Cape George to Oudtshoorn, 45 miles 30 chains (73.0 kilometres).[2]
  • 3 November Cape Graafwater to Kleipan, 22 miles 67 chains (36.8 kilometres).[2]
  • 3 November Free State Reitz to Marsala, 28 miles 69 chains (46.4 kilometres).[2]
  • 10 November Transvaal Nelspruit to Sabie, 55 miles 36 chains (89.2 kilometres).[2]
  • 1 December Natal Greytown to Ahrens, 19 miles 70 chains (32.0 kilometres).[2]
  • 5 December Transvaal Bandelierkop to Lilliput, 83 miles 33 chains (134.2 kilometres).[2]
  • 15 December Natal Tendeka to Piet Retief (Transvaal), 76 miles 35 chains (123.0 kilometres).[2]

Locomotives

  • Two new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways (SAR):
  • The New Cape Central Railway places three Cape 7th Class 4-8-0 Mastodon type locomotives in service.[3][4][5]

Sports

Rugby

gollark: But I haven't and mine might be really good.
gollark: But you don't even know the policies of each candidate yet.
gollark: You could do 2 of 3 admins or something.
gollark: Just give ABR perms to do common tasks or handle some emergencies
gollark: Precisely.

References

  1. Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Governors-General: 1910-1961 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
  2. Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 187, ref. no. 200954-13
  3. Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 38–39, 46–48, 56–57. ISBN 0869772112.
  4. Holland, D.F. (1971). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. 1: 1859–1910 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. pp. 78–80. ISBN 978-0-7153-5382-0.
  5. Pattison, R.G. (1997). The Cape Seventh Class Locomotives (1st ed.). Kenilworth, Cape Town: The Railway History Group. pp. 15–16. ISBN 0958400946.
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