1925 in South Africa
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Contents
Events
- May
- 1 – The Prince of Wales arrives in Cape Town on a visit to South Africa.
- July
- 23 – Daniel François Malan, Minister of the Interior, introduces the Areas Reservation and Immigration and Registration Bill also known as the Asiatic Bill.[1]
- Augustus
- 1 – The New Cape Central Railway and its 204 miles 69 chains (329.7 kilometres) long line between Worcester and Voorbaai is taken over by the South African Railways (SAR).[2]
- Unknown date
- Afrikaans officially replaces Dutch as the second language after English.
- The manor house of Groot Constantia is gutted by a fire.
- The University of Pretoria starts the tradition of Jool in South Africa.[3]
Births
- 14 April – Colin Wells Eglin, founding member and leader of the Progressive Federal Party, is born in Sea Point, Cape Town. (d. 2013)[4]
- 30 April – Dot Serfontein, author and mother of poet Antjie Krog, is born.
- 4 May – Heloise Ruth First, journalist, academic and activist, is born in Johannesburg.
Deaths
- 9 January – Willem Johannes Conradie, minister of the Dutch Reformed Church and author of the first children's bible in Afrikaans, dies in Stellenbosch.
- 30 August – Cathcart William Methven, harbour engineer and painter, dies in Pietermaritzburg.
Railways
Railway lines opened
- 21 January – Transvaal – Rustenburg to Boshoek, 15 miles 17 chains (24.5 kilometres).[2]
- 26 May – Transvaal – Magaliesburg to Schoemansville, 33 miles 20 chains (53.5 kilometres).[2]
- 26 June – Natal – Eshowe to Extension, 74 chains (1.5 kilometres).[2]
- 1 September – Transvaal – Ermelo to Lothair, 30 miles 51 chains (49.3 kilometres).[2]
- 25 September – Transvaal – Elandshoek to Solarvale (Narrow gauge), 9 miles 40 chains (15.3 kilometres).[2]
- 1 October – Transvaal – Nylstroom to Vaalwater, 45 miles 62 chains (73.7 kilometres).[2]
- 14 October – Free State – Senekal to Marquard, 29 miles 78 chains (48.2 kilometres).[2]
- 19 October – Cape – Kareevlakte to Ladismith, 46 miles 38 chains (74.8 kilometres).[2]
- 26 November – Free State – Frankfort to Villiers, 19 miles 40 chains (31.4 kilometres).[2]
- 1 December – Cape – Fort Beaufort to Katberg (Narrow gauge), 24 miles 36 chains (39.3 kilometres).[2]
Locomotives
Six new Cape gauge locomotive types, five steam and one electric, enter service on the SAR:
- The first four Class GD branchline 2-6-2+2-6-2 Garratt articulated locomotives.[5]:90[6]:47–48[7]
- The first six of eighteen Class GE 2-8-2+2-8-2 Garratt locomotives.[5]:91[6]:43–45[7]
- A single Class GG 2-6-2+2-6-2 Double Prairie type Garratt on fast mainline passenger service.[5]:92–93[6]:47–49[7]
- Two American-built Class 15C 4-8-2 Mountain type steam locomotives.[5]:61–62, 66
- The first two of seven Class 16D 4-6-2 Pacific type passenger locomotives.[6]:47
- The first of altogether 172 Class 1E electric locomotives, spread over seven orders, the first mainline electric locomotive to be introduced in South Africa.[5]:125[8]
References
- ↑ Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 6, p. 68.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 189, ref. no. 200954-13
- ↑ Retrieved 1 April 2010
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- ↑ South African Railways Index and Diagrams Electric and Diesel Locomotives, 610 mm and 1065 mm Gauges, Ref LXD 14/1/100/20, 28 January 1975, as amended
