1946 in South Africa

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List of years in South Africa

Events

January

• 1 – Gideon Brand van Zyl is appointed the 9th Governor-General of the Union of South Africa.

March

• 12 – The South African Indian Congress (SAIC) delegation is received by the Viceroy, Lord Wavell, in Delhi, India, and submits a petition drafted in consultation with Mohandas Gandhi.
• 12 – The Indian Representative Act is repealed.
• 12 – India terminates the trade agreement with South Africa.
• 15 – The Asiatic Land Tenure Act, the "Ghetto Act", is amended to state that Indians may only live where Indians had resided in non-proclaimed areas.
• 31 – 6,000 Indians march in Durban in protest to the Asiatic Land Tenure Act.

April

• 16 – The Eureka Diamond is sold in London for £5,700.

June

• 11 – India recalls its High Commissioner from the Union of South Africa in protest.
• 22 – During a prayer meeting in New Delhi, India, Mahatma Gandhi calls for Union of South Africa to stop "hooliganism by the White people
• 23 – A group White men attack and assault a group of Indian Passive Resisters. ^[1]

July

• 8 – Indian protests against government legislation lead to the arrest of hundreds of Indians.

Births

• 18 January – Gert Johannes Gerwel, academic and politician, is born in the Somerset East district, Eastern Cape.
• 3 August – Cyprian Mpho Shilakoe, artist and sculpturer, is born in Barberton, Eastern Transvaal.
• 18 December – Steve Biko, anti-apartheid activist.

Deaths

• William Henry Bell, musician, composer and first director of the South African College of Music.

Railways

Railway lines opened

• 1 June – Transvaal: Ogies to Vandyksdrif, 21 miles 30 chains (34.4 kilometres).^[2]

Locomotives

• The South African Railways places the first of fifty Class GEA 4-8-2+2-8-4 Garratt articulated steam locomotives in service.^{[3]:103–105[4][5]:91–92}

References

1. http://www.sahistory.org.za/article/indian-passive-resistance-south-africa-1946-1948
2. Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 191, ref. no. 200954-13
3. 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.
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. ISBN 0869772112.