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1930 in South Africa

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The following lists events that happened during 1930 in South Africa.

Contents

Incumbents

Monarch: King George V.

Governor-General and High Commissioner for Southern Africa:

    The Earl of Athlone (until 21 December).

    Jacob de Villiers (acting from 21 December).

Prime Minister: James Barry Munnik Hertzog.

Chief Justice: Jacob de Villiers.

Events

May

19 – White women are enfranchised.

October

10 – The Private Act of the University of Pretoria is passed, changing the name of the Transvaal University College to the University of Pretoria.

Births

30 January – Magnus Malan, soldier and Minister of Defence in the 1980s, in Pretoria. (d. 2011)

23 February – Fanie du Plessis, South African athlete, in Lichtenburg. (d. 2001)

12 May – Mazisi Kunene, poet, anti-apartheid movement activist. (d. 2006)

24 June – Donald Gordon, South African businessman and philanthropist (d. 2019)

7 August – Felicia Kentridge, lawyer (d. 2015)

5 November – Laloo Chiba, anti-apartheid activist. (d. 2020)

12 November – Molly Blackburn, anti-apartheid movement activist (d. 1985)

29 November – David Goldblatt, photographer, in Randfontein. (d. 2018)

Deaths

28 February – Sir Perceval Maitland Laurence, English classical scholar, South African judge and benefactor of the University of Cambridge. (b. 1854)

10 September 10 – Aubrey Faulkner, cricketer. (b. 1881)

Railways

Railway lines opened

14 April – Cape – Fort Knokke to Woltemade no. 1, 4 miles 5 chains (6.5 kilometres).

24 April – Free State – Parys to Vredefort, 10 miles 75 chains (17.6 kilometres).

14 May – Free State – Petrus Steyn to Lindley, 27 miles 67 chains (44.8 kilometres).

19 September – Natal – Empangeni to Nkwalini, 39 miles 67 chains (64.1 kilometres).

1 November – Cape – Koopmansfontein to Postmasburg, 65 miles 74 chains (106.1 kilometres).

6 November – South West Africa – Witvlei to Gobabis, 31 miles 44 chains (50.8 kilometres).

10 December – Cape – New England to Barkly East, 18 miles 6 chains (29.1 kilometres).

Locomotives

One Class 8X 2-8-0 locomotive is rebuilt to a 4-8-0 configuration and reclassified to the only member of Class 8R.

Six redesigned wide-firebox Class 16DA 4-6-2 Pacific locomotives enter passenger train service.

Fourteen Class 19B 4-8-2 Mountain type locomotives enter service.

References

1930 in South Africa Wikipedia


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