• Source: 1914 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1914 in South Africa.




Incumbents


Monarch: King George V.
Governor-General and High Commissioner for Southern Africa:
The Viscount Gladstone (until 27 July).
Baron De Villiers (acting, 27 July to 2 September).
Sir James Rose Innes (acting, 2 to 8 September).
The Viscount Buxton (from 8 September).
Prime Minister: Louis Botha.
Chief Justice: Baron De Villiers then Sir James Rose Innes




Events


January
8 – A railway strike is declared in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony.
April
23 – The Afrikaans language receives official recognition when Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven addresses the English caucus of the Cape Provincial Council.
July
1 – The National Party is formed in Bloemfontein.
18 – Mahatma Gandhi leaves South Africa for the last time, sailing out of Cape Town for England on board the SS Kinfauns Castle.
September
8 – The Viscount Buxton is appointed the second Governor-General of the Union of South Africa.
10 – South Africa declares war on Germany.
13 – South African troops open hostilities in German South-West Africa with an assault on the Ramansdrift police station.
15 – The Maritz Rebellion against the government of the Union of South Africa begins.
Unknown date
The steamship Clan Stuart is blown ashore between Glencairn and Simon's Town in the Cape Province.
The Kimberley mine or "Big Hole" is closed.
South Africa's government agree to many of the Indians' demands. Discriminatory taxes on Indian traders are abolished, the legality of non-Christian marriages is recognized and the continued immigration of free Indians is permitted.
A new lighthouse is built at Cape Point.




Births


3 July – Pat Pattle, World War II fighter pilot. (d. 1941)
20 February – John Charles Daly, South African-born journalist, game show host (d. 1991)
9 December – Shmuel Katz, Israeli writer, historian and journalist. (d. 2008)




Deaths


15 September – Koos de la Rey, Boer War general, is shot dead at a police roadblock. (b. 1847)




Railways






= Railway lines opened

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1 January – Cape – Kleipan to Birdfield, 6 miles 59 chains (10.8 kilometres).
5 January – Natal – Winterton to Bergville, 18 miles 27 chains (29.5 kilometres).
2 February – Natal – Ixopo to Madonela (Narrow gauge), 17 miles 27 chains (27.9 kilometres).
23 February – Natal – Ahrens to Kranskop, 12 miles 26 chains (19.8 kilometres).
4 March – Free State – Marsala to Frankfort, 17 miles 39 chains (28.1 kilometres).
3 April – Cape – Gamtoos to Patensie (Narrow gauge), 18 miles 79 chains (30.6 kilometres).
6 April – Cape – Caledon to Klipdale, 43 miles 9 chains (69.4 kilometres).
5 May – Transvaal – Lilliput to Messina, 19 miles 7 chains (30.7 kilometres).
18 May – Transvaal – Sabie to Graskop, 21 miles 75 chains (35.3 kilometres).
25 May – Transvaal – Cranbourne to Modderbee, 6 miles 79 chains (11.2 kilometres).
September – Natal – Newleigh to Estcourt deviation, 26 miles 4 chains (41.9 kilometres).
21 December – Transvaal – Bethal to Morgenzon, 27 miles 10 chains (43.7 kilometres).




= Locomotives

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

Forty-one Class 14A 4-8-2 Mountain type steam locomotives.
Ten Class 15 4-8-2 Mountain type locomotives.
The first of 119 Class 15A 4-8-2 Mountain type locomotives.
Twelve Class 16 4-6-2 Pacific type passenger steam locomotives.
Fifteen Class MC1 2-6-6-0 Mallet articulated compound steam locomotives.
Only two of the ten Class MJ 2-6-6-0 Mallet compound locomotives ordered from German manufacturer Maffei before the outbreak of World War I disrupts further delivery.




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Perang Dunia I
• Australian Flying Corps
• Tongkeng
• RML 2.5 inch Mountain Gun
• Partai Komunis Afrika Selatan
• Hilton Young Commission
• Hubungan Afrika Selatan dengan Jerman
• Gordon Chesney Wilson
• Angola
• Leslie Morshead
• 1914 in South Africa
• Maritz rebellion
• History of South Africa
• History of the Jews in South Africa
• South West Africa campaign
• German South West Africa
• Religion in South Africa
• South African Army
• South African National Defence Force
• Second Boer War