1914 in South Africa

none April 2020 November 2013 1914 The following lists events that happened during 1914 in South Africa. Incumbents Monarch: King George V. Governor-General and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: The Viscount Gladstone (until 27 July).Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Governors-General: 1910-1961 (Accessed on 14 April 2017) Baron De Villiers (acting, 27 July to 2 September). Sir James Rose Innes (acting, 2 to 8 September). The Viscount Buxton (from 8 September). Prime Minister: Louis Botha. Chief Justice: Baron De Villiers then Sir James Rose Innes Events January 8 – A railway strike is declared in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony. April 23 – The Afrikaans language receives official recognition when Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven addresses the English caucus of the Cape Provincial Council. July 1 – The National Party is formed in Bloemfontein. 18 – Mahatma Gandhi leaves South Africa for the last time, sailing out of Cape Town for England on board the SS Kinfauns Castle. September 8 – The Viscount Buxton is appointed the second Governor-General of the Union of South Africa. 10 – South Africa declares war on Germany. 13 – South African troops open hostilities in German South-West Africa with an assault on the Ramansdrift police station. 15 – The Maritz Rebellion against the government of the Union of South Africa begins. Unknown date The steamship Clan Stuart is blown ashore between Glencairn and Simon's Town in the Cape Province. The Kimberley mine or "Big Hole" is closed. South Africa's government agree to many of the Indians' demands. Discriminatory taxes on Indian traders are abolished, the legality of non-Christian marriages is recognized and the continued immigration of free Indians is permitted. A new lighthouse is built at Cape Point. Births 14 March – Frederick Samuel Modise, leader of IPHC (d. 1998)http://artsweb.bham.ac.uk/aanderson/Publications/frederick_modise_and_the_interna.htm FREDERICK MODISE AND THE INTERNATIONAL PENTECOST CHURCH October 2, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141002090423/http://artsweb.bham.ac.uk/aanderson/Publications/frederick_modise_and_the_interna.htm October 2, 2014 3 July – Pat Pattle, World War II fighter pilot. (d. 1941) 20 February – John Charles Daly, South African-born journalist, game show host (d. 1991)Robert E. Tomasson John Charles Daly Jr., the Host Of 'What's My Line?', Dies at 77 https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE1DC1031F934A15751C0A967958260 The New York Times February 27, 1991 July 13, 2008 – Scan of original publication http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20051106082949/http://home.comcast.net/~s.astorino/Daly-obit-sm.jpg 2005-11-06 9 December – Shmuel Katz, Israeli writer, historian and journalist. (d. 2008) Deaths 15 September – Koos de la Rey, Boer War general, is shot dead at a police roadblock. (b. 1847) Railways thumb|Class 15 thumb|Class 15A thumb|Class 16 thumb|Class MC1 thumb|Class MJ Railway lines opened 1 January – Cape – Kleipan to Birdfield, 6 mi 59 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. 187, ref. no. 200954-13 5 January – Natal – Winterton to Bergville, 18 mi 27 ch km 1 off. 2 February – Natal – Ixopo to Madonela (Narrow gauge), 17 mi 27 ch km 1 off. 23 February – Natal – Ahrens to Kranskop, 12 mi 26 ch km 1 off. 4 March – Free State – Marsala to Frankfort, 17 mi 39 ch km 1 off. 3 April – Cape – Gamtoos to Patensie (Narrow gauge), 18 mi 79 ch km 1 off. 6 April – Cape – Caledon to Klipdale, 43 mi 9 ch km 1 off. 5 May – Transvaal – Lilliput to Messina, 19 mi 7 ch km 1 off. 18 May – Transvaal – Sabie to Graskop, 21 mi 75 ch km 1 off. 25 May – Transvaal – Cranbourne to Modderbee, 6 mi 79 ch km 1 off. September – Natal – Newleigh to Estcourt deviation, 26 mi 4 ch km 1 off. 21 December – Transvaal – Bethal to Morgenzon, 27 mi 10 ch km 1 off. Locomotives Six new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways (SAR): Forty-one Class 14A 4-8-2 Mountain type steam locomotives.10–11, 57–60, 64, 87–88 Ten Class 15 4-8-2 Mountain type locomotives. The first of 119 Class 15A 4-8-2 Mountain type locomotives.21-22, 26–27, 29 Twelve Class 16 4-6-2 Pacific type passenger steam locomotives. Fifteen Class MC1 2-6-6-0 Mallet articulated compound steam locomotives. Only two of the ten Class MJ 2-6-6-0 Mallet compound locomotives ordered from German manufacturer Maffei before the outbreak of World War I disrupts further delivery. References 30em 1914 in collapsed South Africa Category:Years in South Africa