1927 in South Africa

none November 2013 August 2020 1927 The following lists events that happened during 1927 in South Africa. Incumbents Monarch: King George V. Governor-General and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: The Earl of Athlone. Prime Minister: James Barry Munnik Hertzog. Chief Justice: James Rose Innes then William Henry Solomon Events March 4 – An organised diamond rush includes trained athletes who have been hired by major companies to stake claims. August 20 – The restored manor house of Groot Constantia is reopened after a fire devastated it in 1925. Unknown date The South African Railways (SAR) begins to convert the couplers of its Cape Gauge rolling stock from the Johnston link-and-pin coupling system, which had been in use since 1873, to AAR knuckle couplers.51–56South African Railways & Harbours/Suid Afrikaanse Spoorweë en Hawens (15 August 1941). Locomotive Diagram Book/Lokomotiefdiagramboek, 3'6" Gauge/Spoorwydte. SAR/SAS Mechanical Department/Werktuigkundige Dept. Drawing Office/Tekenkantoor, Pretoria. p. 32.South African Railways & Harbours/Suid Afrikaanse Spoorweë en Hawens (15 August 1941). Locomotive Diagram Book/Lokomotiefdiagramboek, 2'0" & 3'6" Gauge/Spoorwydte, Steam Locomotives/Stoomlokomotiewe. SAR/SAS Mechanical Department/Werktuigkundige Dept. Drawing Office/Tekenkantoor, Pretoria. p. 32. Births 13 January – Sydney Brenner, biologist and Nobel Prize laureate, in Germiston, Johannesburg. (d. 2019) 13 May – Duma Nokwe, first black advocate of the Supreme Court of Transvaal and politician, (d. 1978) 20 March – John Joubert, South African–born British composer. (d. 2019) 10 June – Mizream Maseko, artist and Zion Christian Church deacon. 12 June – John Nkadimeng, politician, (d. 2020) 26 June – Ben Turok, activist, economics professor, former ANC member of parliament. (d. 2019) 22 October – Allan Hendrickse, politician, in Uitenhage. (d. 2005) Railways thumb|Class HF Henschel Fairlie thumb|Class GF Garratt thumb|Class U Union Garratt thumb|Class 18 thumb|Class NG G12 Garratt Railway lines opened 7 January – Cape – Sunland to Kirkwood, 14 mi 54 ch km 1 off.Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 189, ref. no. 200954-13 10 February – Transvaal – Solarvale to Mount Carmel, 2 mi 25 ch km 1 off. 27 April – Cape – Landplaas to Bitterfontein, 31 mi 63 ch km 1 off. 1 July – Transvaal – Makwassie to Vermaas, 59 mi 29 ch km 1 off. 4 July – Natal – Candover to Golela, Transvaal, 12 mi 27 ch km 1 off. 14 September – Cape – Imvani to Qamata, 26 mi 79 ch km 1 off. Locomotives Seven new steam locomotive types, five Cape gauge and two narrow gauge, enter service on the SAR. All the Cape Gauge locomotives were delivered equipped with the new AAR knuckle couplers. Ten Class HF 2-8-2+2-8-2 Double Mikado type Modified Fairlie articulated steam locomotives.10–11, 90, 92, 96–98, 106–107, 110 Thirteen Class GCA 2-6-2+2-6-2 Double Prairie type Garratt articulated branchline locomotives. Thirty-seven Class GF 4-6-2+2-6-4 Double Pacific type Garratt locomotives. Ten Class U 2-6-2+2-6-2 Double Prairie type Union Garratt articulated locomotives. In December, the first of two Class 18 2-10-2 Santa Fe type locomotives. Two Class NG G12 2-6-2+2-6-2 Double Prairie type narrow gauge Garratt locomotives. They are the smallest Garratt locomotives to see service in South Africa. The first three Class NG G13 2-6-2+2-6-2 Double Prairie type Garratt locomotives, on the Langkloof and Alfred County Railway narrow gauge railways.124 References 30em 1927 in collapsed South Africa Category:Years of the 20th century in South Africa