The following lists events that happened during 1924 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: ** Prince Arthur of Connaught (until 20 January).Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Governors-General: 1910-1961
(Accessed on 14 April 2017) ** The Earl of Athlone (from 21 January). * Prime Minister: ** Jan Smuts (until 29 June). **

J.B.M. Hertzog General James Barry Munnik Hertzog (3 April 1866 – 21 November 1942), better known as Barry Hertzog or J. B. M. Hertzog, was a South African politician and soldier. He was a Boer general during the Second Boer War who served ...

(from 30 June). * Chief Justice: James Rose Innes.

Events

;January * 21 –

Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone Major General Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone (Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George; born Prince Alexander of Teck; 14 April 1874 – 16 January 1957), was a British Army commander and major-general who served as Governor- ...

is appointed the 4th Governor-General of the Union of South Africa. ;March * 5 – The first one-day flight between Cape Town and Pretoria takes place. ;June * 30 –

becomes the third

Prime Minister of South Africa The prime minister of South Africa ( af, Eerste Minister van Suid-Afrika) was the head of government in South Africa between 1910 and 1984. History of the office The position of Prime Minister was established in 1910, when the Union of Sout ...

. ;Unknown date * The Taung Child is discovered.

Births

* 23 February –

Allan Cormack Allan MacLeod Cormack (February 23, 1924 – May 7, 1998) was a South African American physicist who won the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (along with Godfrey Hounsfield) for his work on X-ray computed tomography (CT), a significant ...

, South African-American physicist and 1979 Nobel Prize laureate. (d. 1998) * 14 July – Stephen Fry, Springbok rugby captain. (d. 2002) * 26 July – Elias Motsoaledi, political activist. (d. 1994) * 8 September – Hazel Brooks, actress (d. 2002) * 28 November – Dennis Brutus, poet and anti-apartheid activist. (d. 2009) * 5 December – Robert Sobukwe, anti-apartheid activist. (d. 1978)

Deaths

Railways

Railway lines opened

* 16 April – Free State – Wepener to

Zastron Zastron is a small agricultural town in the Free State province of South Africa, some 30 km from the border of Lesotho. It is situated at the foot of Aasvoëlberg (Vulture Mountain), named for the rare Cape vultures attracted by a feeding p ...

, .''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 * 19 April – Cape – Klipdale to Bredasdorp, . * 1 May – Transvaal – Balfour North to

Grootvlei Grootvlei, officially Thaba-Kgwali, is a town in Dipaleseng Local Municipality in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. An old mining town, Grootvlei is located near the N3 road and on the R51 road, 5 km from Grootvlei Power Station Gro ...

, . * 16 June – Cape – Pinelands to Langa, . * 24 July – Free State – Heilbron to

Petrus Steyn Petrus Steyn, is a small farming town between Tweeling and Kroonstad, 35 km north-east of Lindley in the Free State province of South Africa. It is at the centre of an agricultural area known for wheat, maize, sunflower, potato, cattle, ...

, . * 10 September – Transvaal – Lydenburg to Steelpoort, . * 19 September – South West Africa – Gobabis Junction in Windhoek to Ondekaremba, . * 22 September – Transvaal – Naboomspruit to Singlewood, . * 3 November – Cape – Franklin to Kokstad, . * 4 November – Cape – Franklin to Matatiele, . * 14 November – Cape – Oudtshoorn to Calitzdorp, . * 15 December – Cape – Touws River to Kareevlakte, . * 15 December – Transvaal – Hercules to

Schoemansville Hartbeespoort, informally also known as "Harties", is a small resort town in the North West Province of South Africa, situated on slopes of the Magaliesberg mountain and the banks of the Hartbeespoort Dam. The name of the town means "gateway of t ...

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Locomotives

* The first of six Class GC branchline 2-6-2+2-6-2 Garratt articulated locomotives. * A single Class ES1 battery-powered shunting locomotive at the construction site of the Colenso power station.

References

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