The following lists events that happened during 1913 in South Africa.

Incumbents

Governor-General Governor-general (plural ''governors-general''), or governor general (plural ''governors general''), is the title of an office-holder. In the context of governors-general and former British colonies, governors-general are appointed as viceroy t ...

and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: The Viscount Gladstone.Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Governors-General: 1910-1961
(Accessed on 14 April 2017) * Prime Minister: Louis Botha. * Chief Justice: John de Villiers, 1st Baron de Villiers

Events

;May * South Africa's first flying school opens in

Kimberley Kimberly or Kimberley may refer to: Places and historical events Australia * Kimberley (Western Australia) ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Kimberley * Kimberley Warm Springs, Tasmania * Kimberley, Tasmania a small town * County of Kimberley, a ...

to train pilots for the South African Aviation Corps. ;June * 19 – The Natives Land Act is passed, limiting land ownership for blacks to black territories. ;November * 6 –

Mohandas Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (; ; 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948), popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist Quote: "... marks Gandhi as a hybrid cosmopolitan figure who transformed ... anti- ...

is arrested while leading a march of Indian miners in South Africa. ;Unknown date * The City of Greater Cape Town is formed by the union of Central Cape Town, Green Point and Sea Point, Woodstock, Maitland, Mowbray, Rondebosch, Claremont and Kalk Bay.

Births

* 6 April –

A. P. Mda Ashby Solomzi Peter Mda (6 April 1916 – 7 August 1993), also known as A. P. Mda was a South African teacher, lawyer, political activist and co founder of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL). He was also one of the founders of the ...

, co-founder of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) and Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (d. 1993) * 9 December – Gerard Sekoto, artist. (d. 1993)

Deaths

* 12 March –

Christoffel Cornelis Froneman Christoffel Cornelis Froneman, commonly known as Stoffel Froneman (Leliehoek, Winburg, 26 March 1846 – Cypress, District Marquard, 12 March 1913), was Field cornet, veldkornet, general and Vice-Commander-in-Chief of the Orange Free State Boers, ...

, commandant of the Orange Free State and founder of

Marquard Marquard is a small farming town in the Free State province of South Africa that serves Winburg in the northwest. The town was set up in 1905 by an influential Dutch Reform minister, JJ Marquard, with the help of Christoffel Cornelis Froneman ...

. (b. 1846) * 30 April – Daniël Jacobus Erasmus, acting state president of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek. (b. 1830) * 16 November – Abraham Fischer, Prime Minister of the Orange River Colony. (b. 1850)

Railways

Railway lines opened

* 5 March – Cape – Vredenburg to Saldanha (Narrow gauge), .''Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway'', Statement No. 19, p. 187, ref. no. 200954-13 * 15 May – Free State – Arlington to Senekal, . * 15 July – Cape –

Butterworth Butterworth may refer to: Places * Butterworth (ancient township), a former township centred on Milnrow, in the then Parish of Rochdale, England, United Kingdom * Butterworth, Eastern Cape, now also known as Gcuwa, a town located in South Africa ...

to Idutywa, . * 6 August – Cape – George to Oudtshoorn, . * 3 November – Cape – Graafwater to Kleipan, . * 3 November – Free State – Reitz to Marsala, . * 10 November – Transvaal –

Nelspruit Mbombela (also known as Nelspruit) is a city in northeastern South Africa. It is the capital of the Mpumalanga province. Located on the Crocodile River (Mpumalanga), Crocodile River, Mbombela lies about by road west of the Mozambique border, ea ...

to Sabie, . * 1 December – Natal – Greytown to Ahrens, . * 5 December – Transvaal –

Bandelierkop Bandelierkop is a village some 35 km south-west of Louis Trichardt Louis may refer to: * Louis (coin) * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer * HMS ''Louis'', two ...

to Lilliput, . * 15 December – Natal – Tendeka to

Piet Retief Pieter Mauritz Retief (12 November 1780 – 6 February 1838) was a ''Voortrekker'' leader. Settling in 1814 in the frontier region of the Cape Colony, he assumed command of punitive expeditions in response to raiding parties from the adjacent ...

(Transvaal), .

Locomotives

* Two new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways (SAR): ** The first of ten Class 4A

4-8-2 Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels, eight powered and coupled driving wheels and two trailing wheels. This type of steam locomotive is commonly known as t ...

Mountain type steam locomotives. ** The first of 45 Class 14

Mountain type locomotives. * The New Cape Central Railway places three Cape 7th Class Mastodon type locomotives in service.

Sports

Rugby

* 11 January – The South African Springboks beat the French Les Tricolores 38–5 in Bordeaux, France.

References

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