• Source: 1919 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1919 in South Africa.




Incumbents


Monarch: King George V.
Governor-General and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: The Viscount Buxton.
Prime Minister:
Louis Botha (until 27 August).
Jan Smuts (from 3 September).
Chief Justice: James Rose Innes




Events


April
23 – The Potchefstroom Teachers' College opens.
August
27 – Prime Minister Louis Botha dies in office.
September
3 – Jan Smuts becomes the 2nd Prime Minister of South Africa.
17 – German South West Africa is placed under South African administration.
November
7 – Inspired by Cape Town's daily Noon Gun Three Minute Pause, King George V institutes the Two Minute Silence following a suggestion by Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, to be observed annually at the Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month.
7 – The first Remembrance Day is observed in the British Empire with a two-minute silence at 11:00 hours.




Births


1 January – Eustace Fannin, tennis player
3 March – Peter Abrahams, South African-born Jamaican novelist and journalist. (d. 2017)
8 December – Mary Benson, activist and author. (d. 2000)




Deaths


19 March – Jack Hindon, Boer soldier. (b. 1874)
27 August – Louis Botha, Boer general, statesman, first Prime Minister. (b. 1862)




Railways






= Railway lines opened

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9 January – Natal – Deviation from Umlaas Road to Pentrich, 19 miles 19 chains (31.0 kilometres).




= Locomotives

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Two new Cape gauge and one narrow gauge locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways (SAR):

The first of sixty-seven Class 12A 4-8-2 Mountain type locomotives.
The first ten Class 16C 4-6-2 Pacific type passenger steam locomotives.
Three Class NG G11 2-6-0+0-6-2 Garratt locomotives on the Avontuur narrow gauge line through the Langkloof, the first Garratt locomotives to enter service in South Africa.




References

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