The following lists events that happened during 1925 in South Africa.
Incumbents Monarch: King George V. Governor-General and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: The Earl of Athlone.Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Governors-General: 1910-1961 (Accessed on 14 April 2017) Prime Minister: J.B.M. Hertzog. Chief Justice: James Rose Innes.
Events
May 1 – The Prince of Wales arrives in Cape Town on a visit to South Africa.
July 23 – D.F. Malan, Minister of the Interior, introduces the Areas Reservation and Immigration and Registration Bill, also known as the Asiatic Bill.Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 6, p. 68.
Augustus 1 – The New Cape Central Railway and its long line between Worcester and Voorbaai is incorporated into the South African Railways (SAR).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
Unknown date Afrikaans officially replaces Dutch as the second official language after English. The manor house of Groot Constantia is gutted by a fire. The University of Pretoria begins the tradition of Jool in South Africa.Retrieved 1 April 2010 South Africa returns to the gold standard.
Births 14 April – Colin Eglin, founding member and leader of the Progressive Federal Party. (d. 2013) 4 May – Ruth First, journalist, academic and activist. (d. 1982) 6 June – Andrew Mlangeni, anti-apartheid activist. (d. 2020) 19 June – Alfred Nzo, anti-apartheid activist. (d. 2000) 28 September – Cromwell Everson, composer. (d. 1991) 5 October – Herbert Kretzmer, journalist and lyricist (d. 2020) 14 October – Phillip Tobias, palaeoanthropologist. (d. 2012)
Deaths 30 August – Cathcart William Methven, civil engineer and painter. (b. 1849)
Railways
Railway lines opened 21 January – Transvaal – Rustenburg to Boshoek, . 26 May – Transvaal – Magaliesburg to Schoemansville, . 26 June – Natal – Eshowe to Extension, . 1 September – Transvaal – Ermelo to Lothair, . 25 September – Transvaal – Elandshoek to Solarvale (Narrow gauge), . 1 October – Transvaal – Nylstroom to Vaalwater, . 14 October – Free State – Senekal to Marquard, . 19 October – Cape – Kareevlakte to Ladismith, . 26 November – Free State – Frankfort to Villiers, . 1 December – Cape – Fort Beaufort to Katberg (Narrow gauge), .
Locomotives Seven new Cape gauge locomotive types, six steam and one electric, enter service on the SAR. The electric locomotive is the first non-steam mainline locomotive type to enter service in South Africa in quantity. A single experimental Class FC Modified Fairlie articulated steam locomotive.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, December 1945. pp. 967-968. The first four Class GD branchline 2-6-2+2-6-2 Garratt articulated locomotives. The first six of eighteen Class GE 2-8-2+2-8-2 Garratt locomotives. A single Class GG 2-6-2+2-6-2 Double Prairie type Garratt on fast mainline passenger service. Two American-built Class 15C 4-8-2 Mountain type steam locomotives. The first two of seven Class 16D Pacific type passenger locomotives. The first of altogether 172 Class 1E electric locomotives, spread over seven orders, the first mainline electric locomotive to be introduced in South Africa.South African Railways Index and Diagrams Electric and Diesel Locomotives, 610 mm and 1065 mm Gauges, Ref LXD 14/1/100/20, 28 January 1975, as amendedEspitalier, T.J.; Day, W.A.J. (1946). The Locomotive in South Africa - A Brief History of Railway Development. Chapter VII - South African Railways (Continued). South African Railways and Harbours Magazine, March 1946. pp. 205-208.
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