1907 in South Africa
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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Use South African English Template:Year in South Africa The following lists events that happened during 1907 in South Africa.
Incumbents
- Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa:Walter Hely-Hutchinson.
- Governor of the Colony of Natal: Matthew Nathan.
- Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope: Leander Starr Jameson.
- Prime Minister of the Colony of Natal: Frederick Robert Moor.
- Prime Minister of the Orange River Colony: Hamilton John Goold-Adams.
- Prime Minister of the Transvaal Colony: Louis Botha.
Events
- March
- 22 – The Transvaal Asiatic Registration Act is passed in parliament, sparking protests by Indians.
- July
- 1 – The Orange River Colony gains autonomy as the Orange Free State.
Reggie walker winning gold in the Olympics
Births
- 30 December – Geoffrey Cronjé founder of Apartheid
Deaths
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Railways
Railway lines opened
- 1 January – Cape Western – Misgund to Avontuur (Narrow gauge), Script error: No such module "convert"..[1]
- 13 March – Transvaal – Breyten to Ermelo, Script error: No such module "convert"..[2]
- 18 April – Natal – Estcourt to Weenen (Narrow gauge), Script error: No such module "convert"..[2]
- 15 May – Natal – Loskop to Winterton, Script error: No such module "convert"..[2]
- 16 May – Cape Western – Mafeking to Buurman's Drift, Script error: No such module "convert"..[1]
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- 2 July – Free State – Modderpoort to Bethlehem, Script error: No such module "convert"..[2]
- 5 July – Transvaal – Krugersdorp to Zeerust, Script error: No such module "convert"..[2]
- 14 July – Cape Midland – Knysna to Templeman, Script error: No such module "convert"..[2]
- 2 September – Natal – North Shepstone to South Shepstone, Script error: No such module "convert"..[2]
- 25 September – Cape Midland – Mosselbaai to George, Script error: No such module "convert"..[1]
Locomotives
- The Cape Government Railways places a single experimental 4-6-2 Pacific three cylinder compound steam locomotive in service, based on the second series of its Karoo Class locomotives. In 1912 it will be designated Class Experimental 1 on the South African Railways (SAR).[3]
- The Central South African Railways acquires a single self-contained Railmotor, a passenger coach that is an integral part of the locomotive itself, for its railmotor passenger service that had been introduced in 1906.[4]
- The Natal Government Railways places six 4-6-2 Pacific type narrow gauge tank steam locomotives in service. By 1930 they will be designated Class NG3 on the SAR.[5]
References
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- ↑ a b c Report for year ending 31 December 1909, Cape Government Railways, Section VIII - Dates of Opening and the Length of the different Sections in the Cape Colony, from the Year 1873 to 31st December, 1909.
- ↑ a b c d e f g Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 186, ref. no. 200954-13
- ↑ Template:Holland-Vol 2
- ↑ CSAR General Manager's Report, Extracts from the CSAR General Manager's Reports for 1906, 1907, 1908 & 1909.
- ↑ Template:Paxton-Bourne
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