1924 in South Africa

	1924 in South Africa
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List of years in South Africa

Events

January

• 21 – Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone is appointed the 4th Governor-General of the Union of South Africa.

March

• 5 – The first one-day flight between Cape Town and Pretoria takes place.

June

• 30 – James Barry Munnik Hertzog becomes the 3rd Prime Minister of South Africa.

Unknown date

• The Taung Child is discovered.

Births

• February – Allan McLeod Cormack, physicist, is born in Johannesburg.
• 14 July – Stephen Fry, South African rugby union captain.
• 26 July – Elias Motsoaledi, political activist, is born in Nebo.

Railways

Railway lines opened

• 16 April – Free State – Wepener to Zastron, 46 miles 62 chains (75.3 kilometres).^[1]
• 19 April – Cape – Klipdale to Bredasdorp, 25 miles 36 chains (41.0 kilometres).^[1]
• 1 May – Transvaal – Balfour North to Grootvlei, 11 miles 30 chains (18.3 kilometres).^[1]
• 16 June – Cape – Pinelands to Langa, 2 miles 51 chains (4.2 kilometres).^[1]
• 24 July – Free State – Heilbron to Petrus Steyn, 31 miles 6 chains (50.0 kilometres).^[1]
• 10 September – Transvaal – Lydenburg to Steelpoort, 74 miles 40 chains (119.9 kilometres).^[1]
• 19 September – South West Africa – Gobabis Junction in Windhoek to Ondekaremba, 29 miles 70 chains (48.1 kilometres).^[1]
• 22 September – Transvaal – Naboomspruit to Singlewood, 20 miles 47 chains (33.1 kilometres).^[1]
• 3 November – Cape – Franklin to Kokstad, 25 miles 54 chains (41.3 kilometres).^[1]
• 4 November – Cape – Franklin to Matatiele, 47 miles 76 chains (77.2 kilometres).^[1]
• 14 November – Cape – Oudtshoorn to Calitzdorp, 35 miles 20 chains (56.7 kilometres).^[1]
• 15 December – Cape – Touws River to Kareevlakte, 41 miles 59 chains (67.2 kilometres).^[1]
• 15 December – Transvaal – Hercules to Schoemansville, 17 miles 64 chains (28.6 kilometres).^[1]

Locomotives

Three new Cape gauge locomotive types, two steam and one electric, enter service on the South African Railways (SAR):

• A single experimental Class FC 2-6-2+2-6-2 Modified Fairlie articulated steam locomotive.^{[2]:44–45[3]:97}
• The first of six Class GC branchline 2-6-2+2-6-2 Garratt articulated locomotives.^{[2]:43–44[3]:89[4]}
• A single Class ES1 battery-powered shunting locomotive at the construction site of the Colenso power station.^[3]:135

References

1. 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
2. Holland, D.F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways, Volume 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
3. Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. ISBN 0869772112.
4. Hamilton, Gavin N., The Garratt Locomotive - Garratt Locomotives produced by Beyer, Peacock, retrieved 10 November 2012