1907 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: Matthew Nathan.
- Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope: Leander Starr Jameson.
- Prime Minister of the Colony of Natal: Frederick Robert Moor.
- Prime Minister of the Orange River Colony: Hamilton John Goold-Adams.
- Prime Minister of the Transvaal Colony: Louis Botha.
Events
- March
- 22 â The Transvaal Asiatic Registration Act is passed in parliament, sparking protests by Indians.
- July
- 1 â The Orange River Colony gains autonomy as the Orange Free State.
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Births
- 30 December â Geoffrey Cronjé founder of Apartheid
Deaths
Railways
Railway lines opened
- 1 January â Cape Western â Misgund to Avontuur (Narrow gauge), 21 miles 14 chains (34.1 kilometres).[1]
- 13 March â Transvaal â Breyten to Ermelo, 18 miles 46 chains (29.9 kilometres).[2]
- 18 April â Natal â Estcourt to Weenen (Narrow gauge), 28 miles 62 chains (46.3 kilometres).[2]
- 15 May â Natal â Loskop to Winterton, 10 miles 60 chains (17.3 kilometres).[2]
- 16 May â Cape Western â Mafeking to Buurman's Drift, 9 miles 20 chains (14.9 kilometres).[1]
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- 2 July â Free State â Modderpoort to Bethlehem, 103 miles 64 chains (167.0 kilometres).[2]
- 5 July â Transvaal â Krugersdorp to Zeerust, 127 miles 17 chains (204.7 kilometres).[2]
- 14 July â Cape Midland â Knysna to Templeman, 21 miles (33.8 kilometres).[2]
- 2 September â Natal â North Shepstone to South Shepstone, 2 miles 10 chains (3.4 kilometres).[2]
- 25 September â Cape Midland â Mosselbaai to George, 32 miles 49 chains (52.5 kilometres).[1]
Locomotives
- The Cape Government Railways places a single experimental 4-6-2 Pacific three cylinder compound steam locomotive in service, based on the second series of its Karoo Class locomotives. In 1912 it will be designated Class Experimental 1 on the South African Railways (SAR).[3]
- The Central South African Railways acquires a single self-contained Railmotor, a passenger coach that is an integral part of the locomotive itself, for its railmotor passenger service that had been introduced in 1906.[4]
- The Natal Government Railways places six 4-6-2 Pacific type narrow gauge tank steam locomotives in service. By 1930 they will be designated Class NG3 on the SAR.[5]