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

1913
in
South Africa

Decades:
See also:

Incumbents

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Events

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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

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Deaths

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Railways

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Railway lines opened

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SAR Class 4A
 
NCCR Class 7, SAR Class 7F
 
SAR Class 14
  • 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

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Sports

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Rugby

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References

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  1. ^ Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Governors-General: 1910-1961 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j 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. ^ a b c 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.