1924
in
South Africa

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

The following lists events that happened during 1924 in South Africa.

Incumbents

Events

January
March
June
Unknown date

Births

Deaths

Railways

Railway lines opened

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

Locomotives

References

  1. 1 2 Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Governors-General: 1910-1961 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 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. Vol. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England: David & Charles. pp. 43–44. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
  4. 1 2 Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 90, 135. ISBN 0869772112.
  5. Hamilton, Gavin N., The Garratt Locomotive - Garratt Locomotives produced by Beyer, Peacock, retrieved 10 November 2012
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