1914 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1914 in South Africa.

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

Incumbents

Events
January
April
July
September
Unknown date
  • The steamship Clan Stuart is blown ashore between Glencairn and Simon's Town in the Cape Province.
  • The Kimberley mine or "Big Hole" is closed.
  • South Africa's government agree to many of the Indians' demands. Discriminatory taxes on Indian traders are abolished, the legality of non-Christian marriages is recognized and the continued immigration of free Indians is permitted.
  • A new lighthouse is built at Cape Point.

Births
  • 3 July – Pat Pattle, World War II fighter pilot. (d. 1941)
  • 9 December – Shmuel Katz, Israeli writer, historian and journalist. (d. 2008)

Deaths

Railways
Class 15
Class 15A
Class 16
Class MC1
Class MJ

Railway lines opened
  • 1 January – Cape – Kleipan to Birdfield, 6 miles 59 chains (10.8 kilometres).[2]
  • 5 January – Natal – Winterton to Bergville, 18 miles 27 chains (29.5 kilometres).[2]
  • 2 February – Natal – Ixopo to Madonela (Narrow gauge), 17 miles 27 chains (27.9 kilometres).[2]
  • 23 February – Natal – Ahrens to Kranskop, 12 miles 26 chains (19.8 kilometres).[2]
  • 4 March – Free State – Marsala to Frankfort, 17 miles 39 chains (28.1 kilometres).[2]
  • 3 April – Cape – Gamtoos to Patensie (Narrow gauge), 18 miles 79 chains (30.6 kilometres).[2]
  • 6 April – Cape – Caledon to Klipdale, 43 miles 9 chains (69.4 kilometres).[2]
  • 5 May – Transvaal – Lilliput to Messina, 19 miles 7 chains (30.7 kilometres).[2]
  • 18 May – Transvaal – Sabie to Graskop, 21 miles 75 chains (35.3 kilometres).[2]
  • 25 May – Transvaal – Cranbourne to Modderbee, 6 miles 79 chains (11.2 kilometres).[2]
  • September – Natal – Newleigh to Estcourt deviation, 26 miles 4 chains (41.9 kilometres).[2]
  • 21 December – Transvaal – Bethal to Morgenzon, 27 miles 10 chains (43.7 kilometres).[2]

Locomotives

Six new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways (SAR):

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. 10–11, 57–60, 64, 87–88. ISBN 0869772112.
  4. Holland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. pp. 21–22, 26–27, 29. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
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