1913
in
South Africa

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

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

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

Sports

Rugby

References

  1. Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Governors-General: 1910-1961 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 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. 1 2 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. Vol. 1: 1859–1910 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England: 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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