1907 in South Africa

none December 2023 October 2013 1907 The following lists events that happened during 1907 in South Africa. Incumbents Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa:Walter Hely-Hutchinson. Governor of the Colony of Natal: Matthew Nathan. Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope: Leander Starr Jameson. Prime Minister of the Colony of Natal: Frederick Robert Moor. Prime Minister of the Orange River Colony: Hamilton John Goold-Adams. Prime Minister of the Transvaal Colony: Louis Botha. Events March 22 – The Transvaal Asiatic Registration Act is passed in parliament, sparking protests by Indians. July 1 – The Orange River Colony gains autonomy as the Orange Free State. Reggie walker winning gold in the Olympics Births 30 December – Geoffrey Cronjé founder of Apartheid Deaths Deaths in 1907 Category:1907 deaths Railways Railway lines opened 1 January – Cape Western – Misgund to Avontuur (Narrow gauge), 21 mi 14 ch km 1 off.Report for year ending 31 December 1909, Cape Government Railways, Section VIII - Dates of Opening and the Length of the different Sections in the Cape Colony, from the Year 1873 to 31st December, 1909. 13 March – Transvaal – Breyten to Ermelo, 18 mi 46 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. 186, ref. no. 200954-13 18 April – Natal – Estcourt to Weenen (Narrow gauge), 28 mi 62 ch km 1 off. 15 May – Natal – Loskop to Winterton, 10 mi 60 ch km 1 off. 16 May – Cape Western – Mafeking to Buurman's Drift, 9 mi 20 ch km 1 off. thumb|SAR Class Experimental 1 thumb|CSAR Railmotor thumb|SAR Class NG3 2 July – Free State – Modderpoort to Bethlehem, 103 mi 64 ch km 1 off. 5 July – Transvaal – Krugersdorp to Zeerust, 127 mi 17 ch km 1 off. 14 July – Cape Midland – Knysna to Templeman, 21 mi km 1 off. 2 September – Natal – North Shepstone to South Shepstone, 2 mi 10 ch km 1 off. 25 September – Cape Midland – Mosselbaai to George, 32 mi 49 ch km 1 off. Locomotives The Cape Government Railways places a single experimental 4-6-2 Pacific three cylinder compound steam locomotive in service, based on the second series of its Karoo Class locomotives. In 1912 it will be designated Class Experimental 1 on the South African Railways (SAR).140 The Central South African Railways acquires a single self-contained Railmotor, a passenger coach that is an integral part of the locomotive itself, for its railmotor passenger service that had been introduced in 1906.CSAR General Manager's Report, Extracts from the CSAR General Manager's Reports for 1906, 1907, 1908 & 1909. The Natal Government Railways places six 4-6-2 Pacific type narrow gauge tank steam locomotives in service. By 1930 they will be designated Class NG3 on the SAR.101–102, 110 References 1907 in collapsed South Africa Category:Years in South Africa