1906 in South Africa
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The following lists events that happened during 1906 in South Africa.
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Incumbents
- Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa:Walter Hely-Hutchinson.
- Governor of the Colony of Natal: Henry Edward McCallum.
- Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope: Leander Starr Jameson.
- Prime Minister of the Orange River Colony: William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne.
- Prime Minister of the Colony of Natal: Charles John Smythe (until 28 November), Frederick Robert Moor (starting 28 November).
Events
- February
- 11 â Two British £1-per-head tax collectors are killed near Richmond, sparking the Bambatha Rebellion led by Chief Bambatha kaMancinza, leader of the amaZondi clan of the Zulu people.[1]
- May
- 2 â Lord Alfred Milner, British colonial secretary and the High Commissioner for Southern Africa, returns to Britain.
- 6 â British troops kill over 60 Zulu warriors during a punitive expedition near Durban.
- A statue of Paul Kruger is unveiled in Church Square, Pretoria
- June
- The first issue of the Annals of the Natal Government Museum (currently African Invertebrates) is published by Natal Museum in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
- Unknown date
- Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa.
Births
- 6 January â Walter Battiss, artist, is born in Somerset East (d. 1982)
- 5 March â Siegfried Mynhardt, actor, is born in Johannesburg. (d. 1996)
- 11 June â N.P. van Wyk Louw, poet, dramatist and essayist, is born in Sutherland, Cape Colony. (d. 1970)
- 30 October â Archibald Campbell Mzoliza Jordan, Xhosa writer and linguist, is born near Tsolo in the Cape Colony.
- 13 December â Laurens van der Post, author, farmer, war hero, political adviser, educator, journalist, humanitarian, philosopher, explorer and conservationist, is born in Philippolis. (d. 1996)
Railways
Railway lines opened
- Transvaal â Nancefield to Pimville, 2 miles (3.2 kilometres).[2]
- 22 January â Cape Central â Riversdale to Voorbaai, 58 miles (93.3 kilometres).[2]
- 6 February â Free State â Jagersfontein to Fauresmith, 8 miles 23 chains (13.3 kilometres).[2]
- 1 April â Cape Midland â Port Elizabeth to Humewood Road (Narrow gauge), 75 chains (1.5 kilometres).[3]
- 6 April â Transvaal â Orkney to Fourteen Streams, 135 miles (217.3 kilometres).[2]
- 16 May â Natal â Donnybrook to Creighton, 15 miles 3 chains (24.2 kilometres).[2]
- 1 June â Natal â Ennersdale to Loskop, 12 miles 75 chains (20.8 kilometres).[2]
- 21 June â Free State â Bethlehem to Kroonstad, 90 miles 15 chains (145.1 kilometres).[2]
- 21 June â Transvaal â Pienaarsrivier to Settlers (Regauged), 26 miles 62 chains (43.1 kilometres).[2]
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- 1 August â Cape Western â Pampoenpoort to Carnarvon, 37 miles 27 chains (60.1 kilometres).[3]
- 29 August â Cape Eastern â Elliot to Maclear, 54 miles 51 chains (87.9 kilometres).[3]
- 1 December â Cape Midland â Humansdorp to Misgund (Narrow gauge), 86 miles 20 chains (138.8 kilometres).[3]
- 15 December â Cape Midland â Valley Junction to Walmer (Narrow gauge), 3 miles 40 chains (5.6 kilometres).[2][3]
- 17 December â Cape Eastern â Eagle to Butterworth, 22 miles 79 chains (37.0 kilometres).[3]
- 26 December â Transvaal â Apex to Witbank, 69 miles 49 chains (112.0 kilometres).[2]
- 27 December â Transvaal â Pretoria North to Rustenburg, 60 miles 34 chains (97.2 kilometres).[2]
Locomotives
- Cape
- The Cape Government Railways places three locomotives in service, two of them experimental.
- An experimental 9th Class 2-8-2 Mikado steam locomotive. In 1912 it will be designated Class Experimental 5 on the South African Railways (SAR).[4][5]
- An experimental 10th Class 4-8-0 Mastodon locomotive for the Cape Eastern System. In 1912 it will be designated Class Experimental 6 on the SAR.[4][5]
- A single self-contained Railmotor for low-volume passenger service on the Franschhoek branchline.[6]
- Natal
- The Natal Government Railways (NGR) modifies six of its 4-8-0 Class B locomotives to a 4-8-2 wheel arrangement, the first 4-8-2 Mountain type tender locomotive in the world. In 1912 it will be designated Class 1B on the South African Railways (SAR).[5]
- In April the NGR places two Class N 4-6-2 narrow gauge tank locomotives in service on the new narrow gauge line that is being built between Estcourt and Weenen.[5]