1921 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1921 in South Africa.

1921
in
South Africa

Decades:
  • 1900s
  • 1910s
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
See also:

Incumbents

Events

May
July
December
Unknown date

Births

Deaths

  • 10 September John Tengo Jabavu, editor of South Africa's first newspaper in Xhosa. (b. 1859)

Railways

Railway lines opened

Locomotives

Two new 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. 188, ref. no. 200954-13
  3. Holland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. pp. 41–42. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
  4. Hamilton, Gavin N., The Garratt Locomotive - Garratt Locomotives produced by Beyer, Peacock, retrieved 10 November 2012
  5. Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 88–89. ISBN 0869772112.
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