1915 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1915 in South Africa.

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

Incumbents

Events
February
May
July
  • 9 – Dr Theodore Seitz, governor of German South West Africa, surrenders to General Louis Botha at the farm Khorab, between Otavi and Tsumeb.
September

Births
  • 2 February – Abba Eban, Israeli foreign affairs minister. (d. 2002)
  • 26 February – Elisabeth Eybers, poet. (d. 2007)
  • 10 May – Beyers Naudé, cleric, theologian and activist. (d. 2004)
  • 2 December – Marais Viljoen, politician and State President. (d. 2007)
  • 13 December – B.J. Vorster, politician, Prime Minister and State President. (d. 1983)

Railways
Class NG9
Class 14B
Class 16A
Class MH
Class J

Railway lines opened
  • 12 April – Natal – Dalton to Glenside, 12 miles 13 chains (19.6 kilometres).[2]
  • 31 May – Free State – Westleigh to Vierfontein, 52 miles 27 chains (84.2 kilometres).[2]
  • 31 May – Free State – Fauresmith to Koffiefontein, 32 miles 71 chains (52.9 kilometres).[2]
  • 30 June – Cape – Klipdale to Protem, 10 miles 10 chains (16.3 kilometres).[2]
  • 1 August – Cape – Prieska to South West Border, 231 miles 59 chains (372.9 kilometres).[2]
  • 1 August – Cape – Walvisbaai to Swakop River (at Swakopmund), 22 miles 42 chains (36.3 kilometres).[2]
  • 4 August – Transvaal – Tzaneen to Soekmekaar, 55 miles 16 chains (88.8 kilometres).[2]
  • 16 August – Natal – Paddock to Izingolweni (Narrow gauge), 11 miles 72 chains (19.2 kilometres).[2]
  • 5 October – Natal – Schroeders to Bruyns Hill, 14 miles 76 chains (24.1 kilometres).[2]
  • 15 November – Cape – Birdfield to Klawer, 1 mile 26 chains (2.1 kilometres).[2]
  • 29 November – Cape – Motkop to New England, 19 miles 63 chains (31.8 kilometres).[2]
  • 1 December – Cape – Carnarvon to Williston, 85 miles 6 chains (136.9 kilometres).[2]

Locomotives
Narrow gauge

Two narrow gauge locomotive types enter service in South Africa:

  • Thirteen out-of-service Mozambican Falcon 4-4-0 narrow gauge tender steam locomotives are acquired by the Union Defence Force for use in South Africa to replace narrow gauge South African Railways (SAR) locomotives that are being commandeered for the war effort in German South West Africa. They will later be designated Class NG6 on the SAR.[3][4]
  • The first of six narrow gauge 4-6-0 steam locomotives enter service on the Avontuur Railway. They will later be designated Class NG9 by the SAR.[4]
Cape gauge

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

References
  1. Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Governors-General: 1910-1961 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
  2. 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. Railway Modelling Scene, South Africa, May/June 1985, article written by Neill Mardell
  4. Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 46–48, 58, 65–66, 87, 103–104, 110. ISBN 0869772112.
  5. Pattison, R.G. (1997). The Cape Seventh Class Locomotives (1st ed.). Kenilworth, Cape Town: The Railway History Group. pp. 10–12, 25–33. ISBN 0958400946.
  6. Holland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. pp. 30–33. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
  7. Durrant, A. E. (1989). Twilight of South African Steam (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, London: David & Charles. pp. 63–64. ISBN 0715386387.
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