1917 in South Africa

none April 2020 November 2013 1917 The following lists events that happened during 1917 in South Africa. Incumbents Monarch: King George V. Governor-General and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: The Viscount Buxton.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: James Rose Innes Events January 16 – The SS Mendi, a troopship, sets sail from Cape Town to Le Havre, France, transporting 823 members of the 802nd South African Native Labour Corps.http://www.navy.mil.za/newnavy/mendi_history/mendi_hist.htm SA Legion – Atteridgeville Branch The SS Mendi – A Historical Background Navy News South African Navy 20 November 2008 5 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120305223813/http://www.navy.mil.za/newnavy/mendi_history/mendi_hist.htm dead February 21 – The SS Mendi is struck on the starboard side by the SS Darro, an 11,000 ton liner, and sinks with the loss of 646 lives. September The Industrial Workers of Africa, South Africa's first predominantly black trade union, is established in Johannesburg. Unknown date The Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town is handed over to the South African Defence Force. Gold mining company Anglo American Corporation is founded by Ernest Oppenheimer. Births 27 October – Oliver Tambo, activist and revolutionary. (d. 1993) 20 December – Petrus Hugo, Second World War fighter pilot. (d. 1986) Deaths 18 January – Andrew Murray, author, educationist and pastor. (b. 1828) Railways thumb|Class 16B thumb|Katanga Mikado Railway lines opened 5 March – Natal – Izingolweni to Harding (narrow gauge), 39 mi 56 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 20 June – Natal – Gingindlovu to Eshowe, 20 mi 2 ch km 1 off. Locomotives Three new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways (SAR): November – Ten Class 16B 4-6-2 Pacific type passenger steam locomotives.32-34 Seven Class K 4-6-4 tank locomotives that had been built for the Philippines but could not be delivered. At least four 2-8-2 Mikado type steam locomotives, built for the Chemins de Fer du Bas Congo à Katanga and obtained on temporary lease to alleviate the critical wartime shortage of locomotives.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, September 1945. p. 673. References 30em 1917 in collapsed South Africa Category:Years in South Africa