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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use South African English Шаблон:Year in South Africa The following lists events that happened during 1926 in South Africa.
Incumbents
- Monarch: King George V.
- Governor-General and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: The Earl of Athlone.
- Prime Minister: James Barry Munnik Hertzog.
- Chief Justice: James Rose Innes.
Events
- March
- 13 – The first commercial air route from South Africa is established when Alan Cobham does a return flight between London and Cape Town.
- October
- 10 – The South African National War Memorial next to Delville Wood outside Longueval, France is opened.
- 10 – The Sabie Game Reserve is renamed to Kruger National Park.
Births
- 23 May – Joe Slovo, politician, in Obeliai, Lithuania. (d.1995)
- 11 September; Gerrit Viljoen, government minister. (d. 2009)
- 15 October – Rexon Mathebula, artist, in Sophiatown, Johannesburg.
- 24 December – Ronald Draper, cricketer
Deaths
Railways
Railway lines opened
- 18 January – Transvaal – Villiers, Free State to Grootvlei, Шаблон:Convert.[1]
- 7 June – Free State – Harrismith to Warden, Шаблон:Convert.[1]
- 18 August – Cape – Upington to Kakamas (Narrow gauge), Шаблон:Convert.[1]
- 1 September – Cape – Addo to Sunland, Шаблон:Convert.[1]
- 15 September – Natal – Mtubatuba to Candover, Шаблон:Convert.[1]
- 19 November – Cape – Katberg to Seymour (Narrow gauge), Шаблон:Convert.[1]
- 22 November – Transvaal – Citrus to Plaston, Шаблон:Convert.[1]
- 8 December – Cape – Klawer to Landplaas, Шаблон:Convert.[1]
Locomotives
Three Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways (SAR):
- The first twenty-three Class 15CA 4-8-2 Mountain type locomotives.[2][3]
- Four Class FD 2-6-2+2-6-2 Modified Fairlie articulated steam locomotives.[2][3]
- To address a shortage of suitable shunting locomotives, the first of twenty-one ex Natal Government Railways Class D1 Шаблон:Nowrap tank locomotives are rebuilt to Class 17 4-8-0 tank-and-tender locomotives.[2][4]
References
Шаблон:Reflist Шаблон:South Africa year nav Шаблон:Africa topic
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 1,5 1,6 1,7 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
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 Шаблон:Paxton-Bourne
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 Шаблон:Holland-Vol 2
- ↑ South African Railways and Harbours Locomotive Diagram Book, 2'0" & 3'6" Gauge Steam Locomotives, 15 August 1941, as amended
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