1907 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1907 in South Africa.

← 1906 1905 1904 1907 in South Africa → 1908 1909 1910
Decades:	1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s
See also:	List of years in South Africa

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 – The Transvaal Asiatic Registration Act is passed in parliament, sparking protests by Indians.

July

• 1 – The Orange River Colony gains autonomy as the Orange Free State.

Railways

Railway lines opened

• 1 January – Cape Western – Misgund to Avontuur (Narrow gauge), 21 miles 14 chains (34.1 kilometres).[1]
• 13 March – Transvaal – Breyten to Ermelo, 18 miles 46 chains (29.9 kilometres).[2]
• 18 April – Natal – Estcourt to Weenen (Narrow gauge), 28 miles 62 chains (46.3 kilometres).[2]
• 15 May – Natal – Loskop to Winterton, 10 miles 60 chains (17.3 kilometres).[2]
• 16 May – Cape Western – Mafeking to Buurman's Drift, 9 miles 20 chains (14.9 kilometres).[1]

SAR Class Experimental 1

CSAR Railmotor

SAR Class NG3

• 2 July – Free State – Modderpoort to Bethlehem, 103 miles 64 chains (167.0 kilometres).[2]
• 5 July – Transvaal – Krugersdorp to Zeerust, 127 miles 17 chains (204.7 kilometres).[2]
• 14 July – Cape Midland – Knysna to Templeman, 21 miles (33.8 kilometres).[2]
• 2 September – Natal – North Shepstone to South Shepstone, 2 miles 10 chains (3.4 kilometres).[2]
• 25 September – Cape Midland – 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]

References

1. Report for year ending 31 December 1909, Cape Government Railways, Section VIII - Dates of Opening and the Length of the different Sections in the Cape Colony, from the Year 1873 to 31st December, 1909.
2. Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 186, ref. no. 200954-13
3. Holland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
4. CSAR General Manager's Report, Extracts from the CSAR General Manager's Reports for 1906, 1907, 1908 & 1909.
5. Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 101–102, 110. ISBN 0869772112.