1908 in South Africa
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Events
- January
- 30 – Mahatma Gandhi is released from prison by Jan Smuts after having been tried and sentenced to 2 months in prison earlier in the month.
- March
- 4 – The Pretoria branch of the Transvaal University College, precursor to the University of Pretoria, is established.
- October
- 7 – Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in Volksrust, along with fifteen other Indians, for entering Transvaal without registration certificates and is sentenced to two months imprisonment with hard labor.
- Unknown date
- Bosman de Ravelli composes the first Afrikaans art song
Births
- 5 March – Arthur Wegelin, composer.
- 23 April – Bram Fischer, lawyer and champion against apartheid, is born in the Orange Free State. (d. 1975)
- 2 July – Andries Johannes Bester de Klerk, writer and secretary of the Cape Province, is born in Williston, Cape Colony
Deaths
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Railways
Railway lines opened
- 4 January – Cape Eastern – West Bank, Buffalo Harbour to Chiselhurst, 4 miles 35 chains (7.1 kilometres).[1]
- 6 February – Transvaal – Machadodorp to Breyten, 55 miles 3 chains (88.6 kilometres).[2]
- 8 April – Free State – Hamilton to Beaconsfield (Cape), 99 miles 52 chains (160.4 kilometres).[2]
- 28 May – Cape Western – Milnerton to Ascot, 2 miles (3.2 kilometres).[2]
- 3 June – Natal – Esperanza to Donnybrook (Narrow gauge), 94 miles (151.3 kilometres).[2]
Locomotives
- The Cape Government Railways places two 4-6-2 Pacific type narrow gauge tank steam locomotives in passenger service on the Walmer branch in Port Elizabeth.[3]:113, 156[4]:232
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 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
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