1923 in South Africa

none April 2020 November 2013 1923 The following lists events that happened during 1923 in South Africa. Incumbents Monarch: King George V. Governor-General and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: Prince Arthur of Connaught (until 5 December).Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Governors-General: 1910-1961 (Accessed on 14 April 2017) Sir James Rose Innes (acting, from 5 December). Prime Minister: Jan Smuts. Chief Justice: Sir James Rose Innes. Events March 1 – The Electricity Supply Commission (Eskom), largest electricity producer in Africa, is established. Unknown date The South African Native National Congress changes its name to African National Congress. Births 10 April – John Watkins, cricketer (d. 2021) 30 April – Francis Tucker, rally Driver. (d. 2008) 19 May – Johannes Meintjes, artist and writer. (d. 1980) 6 August – Moira Lister, South African-born English film, stage and television actress. (d. 2007) 5 October – Glynis Johns, South African-born Welsh actress. (d. 2024) 11 October – Moses Mabhida, anti-apartheid activist. (d. 1986) 11 November – Pieter van der Byl, politician (d. 1999) 20 November – Nadine Gordimer, writer and political activist. (d. 2014) 17 December – Wilton Mkwayi, anti-apartheid activist. (d. 2004) Deaths 10 October – Herman Gottfried Breijer, Dutch-born South African naturalist Railways thumb|Class GK thumb|Road-rail tractor prototype thumb|Gas-electric locomotive Railway lines opened 12 April – Transvaal – Dunswart to Apex deviation, 4 mi 16 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. 188, ref. no. 200954-13 21 May – Natal – Queen's Bridge to Duff's Road deviation, 5 mi 55 ch km 1 off. 8 July – Natal – Canelands, Umdloti to Maidstone deviation, 6 mi 74 ch km 1 off. 6 August – Cape – Kamfersdam to Winter's Rush, 34 mi 29 ch km 1 off. 9 August – Cape – Belmont to Douglas, 53 mi 22 ch km 1 off. 30 October – Transvaal – Settlers to Tuinplaas, 13 mi 22 ch km 1 off. Locomotives The New Cape Central Railway places two 2-6-2+2-6-2 Double Prairie type Garratt articulated steam locomotives in service. They will be designated Class GK on the South African Railways (SAR) in 1925.79–8093–94, 118-119 Major Frank Dutton, SAR Signal Engineer and the Motor Transport Superintendent, conducts trials with a prototype petrol-paraffin powered Dutton road-rail tractor.Espitalier, T.J.; Day, W.A.J. (1945). The Locomotive in South Africa - A Brief History of Railway Development. Chapter VII - South African Railways (Continued). South African Railways and Harbours Magazine, October 1945. pp. 782-783. Mr. C. Lawson, Superintendent Mechanical of the SAR, experiments with gas-electric motive power and constructs a single experimental producer gas-electric locomotive. The locomotive remains in service for several years but the gas-electric concept will eventually be superseded by diesel-electric traction.Heymans, Brig. H.B.; Parsley, Dr. G.M.J. (2000).The SAR Experimental Suction Gas-Electric Locomotive. Paper dated 28 September 2000. References 30em 1923 in collapsed South Africa Category:Years in South Africa