1912 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1912 in South Africa.

1912
in
South Africa

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

Incumbents

Events

January
February
March
July
Unknown date

Births

Deaths

Railways

Railway lines opened

  • 7 February Free State Jammerdrif to Wepener, 4 miles 7 chains (6.6 kilometres).[4]
  • 15 April Transvaal Buhrmannsdrif to Ottoshoop, 11 miles 70 chains (19.1 kilometres).[4]
  • 1 May Free State Firham (Transvaal) to Vrede, 44 miles 69 chains (72.2 kilometres).[4]
  • 20 May Cape Wolseley to Ceres, 10 miles 29 chains (16.7 kilometres).[4]
  • 1 August Cape Malenge to Franklin, 24 miles 49 chains (39.6 kilometres).[4]
  • 4 November Transvaal Zeerust to Ottoshoop, 18 miles 72 chains (30.4 kilometres).[4]
  • 9 November Transvaal Newington to Tzaneen, 132 miles 21 chains (212.9 kilometres).[4]
  • 2 December Cape Schoombee to Hofmeyr, 31 miles 3 chains (50.0 kilometres).[4]
  • 2 December Cape Ottery to Dieprivier, 2 miles 50 chains (4.2 kilometres).[4]
  • 16 December Cape Bergrivier to Vredenburg (Narrow gauge), 24 miles 48 chains (39.6 kilometres).[4]
  • 20 December Cape Melk to Motkop, 10 miles 31 chains (16.7 kilometres).[4]

Locomotives

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

Sports

Rugby

References

  1. Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Governors-General: 1910-1961 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
  2. The South African Railways - Historical Survey. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978, p. 25.
  3. Classification of S.A.R. Engines with Renumbering Lists, issued by the Chief Mechanical Engineer’s Office, Pretoria, January 1912. (Reprinted in April 1987 by SATS Museum, R.3125-6/9/11-1000)
  4. 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
  5. Holland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. pp. 13, 21–22, 137. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
  6. Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 10–11, 36, 40, 54–56, 85–86. ISBN 0869772112.
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