1913 in South Africa

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The following lists events that happened during 1913 in South Africa.

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May
  • South Africa's first flying school opens in Kimberley to train pilots for the South African Aviation Corps.
June
  • 19 – The Natives Land Act is passed, limiting land ownership for blacks to black territories.
November
  • 6 – Mohandas Gandhi is arrested while leading a march of Indian miners in South Africa.
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Railways

Railway lines opened

SAR Class 4A
NCCR Class 7, SAR Class 7F
SAR Class 14
  • 5 March – Cape – Vredenburg to Saldanha (Narrow gauge), 9 miles 65 chains (15.8 kilometres).[2]
  • 15 May – Free State – Arlington to Senekal, 27 miles 30 chains (44.1 kilometres).[2]
  • 15 July – Cape – Butterworth to Idutywa, 26 miles 74 chains (43.3 kilometres).[2]
  • 6 August – Cape – George to Oudtshoorn, 45 miles 30 chains (73.0 kilometres).[2]
  • 3 November – Cape – Graafwater to Kleipan, 22 miles 67 chains (36.8 kilometres).[2]
  • 3 November – Free State – Reitz to Marsala, 28 miles 69 chains (46.4 kilometres).[2]
  • 10 November – Transvaal – Nelspruit to Sabie, 55 miles 36 chains (89.2 kilometres).[2]
  • 1 December – Natal – Greytown to Ahrens, 19 miles 70 chains (32.0 kilometres).[2]
  • 5 December – Transvaal – Bandelierkop to Lilliput, 83 miles 33 chains (134.2 kilometres).[2]
  • 15 December – Natal – Tendeka to Piet Retief (Transvaal), 76 miles 35 chains (123.0 kilometres).[2]

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