1930 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1930 in South Africa.

← 1929 1928 1927 1930 in South Africa → 1931 1932 1933
Decades:	1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
See also:	List of years in South Africa

Incumbents

• Monarch: King George V.
• Governor-General and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: The Earl of Athlone (until 21 December).
• Prime Minister: James Barry Munnik Hertzog.
• Chief Justice: Jacob de Villiers.

Events

May

• 19 – White women are enfranchised.

October

• 10 – The Private Act of the University of Pretoria is passed, changing the name of the Transvaal University College to the University of Pretoria.

Births

• 30 January – Magnus Malan, soldier and Minister of Defence in the 1980s, in Pretoria. (d. 2011)
• 23 February – Fanie du Plessis, South African athlete, in Lichtenburg. (d. 2001)
• 12 May – Mazisi Kunene, poet, anti-apartheid movement activist
• 24 June – Donald Gordon, South African businessman and philanthropist (d. 2019)
• 7 August – Felicia Kentridge, lawyer (d. 2015)
• 12 November – Molly Blackburn, anti-apartheid movement activist (d. 1985)
• 29 November – David Goldblatt, photographer, in Randfontein. (d. 2018)

Deaths

• 28 February – Sir Perceval Maitland Laurence, English classical scholar, South African judge and benefactor of the University of Cambridge. (b. 1854)
• 10 September 10 – Aubrey Faulkner, cricketer. (b. 1881)

Railways

Railway lines opened

Wide-firebox Class 16DA

Class 19B

• 14 April – Cape – Fort Knokke to Woltemade no. 1, 4 miles 5 chains (6.5 kilometres).[1]
• 24 April – Free State – Parys to Vredefort, 10 miles 75 chains (17.6 kilometres).[1]
• 14 May – Free State – Petrus Steyn to Lindley, 27 miles 67 chains (44.8 kilometres).[2]
• 19 September – Natal – Empangeni to Nkwalini, 39 miles 67 chains (64.1 kilometres).[1][2]
• 1 November – Cape – Koopmansfontein to Postmasburg, 65 miles 74 chains (106.1 kilometres).[2]
• 6 November – South West Africa – Witvlei to Gobabis, 31 miles 44 chains (50.8 kilometres).[2]
• 10 December – Cape – New England to Barkly East, 18 miles 6 chains (29.1 kilometres).[2]

Locomotives

• One Class 8X 2-8-0 locomotive is rebuilt to a 4-8-0 configuration and reclassified to the only member of Class 8R.[3][4][5]
• Six redesigned wide-firebox Class 16DA 4-6-2 Pacific locomotives enter passenger train service.[5][6][7]
• Fourteen Class 19B 4-8-2 Mountain type locomotives enter service.[3][5][7]

References

1. 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. Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 190, ref. no. 200954-13
3. Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 50–51, 71. ISBN 0869772112.
4. Dulez, Jean A. (2012). Railways of Southern Africa 150 Years (Commemorating One Hundred and Fifty Years of Railways on the Sub-Continent – Complete Motive Power Classifications and Famous Trains – 1860–2011) (1st ed.). Garden View, Johannesburg, South Africa: Vidrail Productions. p. 95. ISBN 9 780620 512282.
5. Holland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. pp. 67–68, 89. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
6. Espitalier, T.J.; Day, W.A.J. (1946). The Locomotive in South Africa - A Brief History of Railway Development. Chapter VII - South African Railways (Continued). South African Railways and Harbours Magazine, May 1946. pp. 375–376.
7. South African Railways & Harbours/Suid Afrikaanse Spoorweë en Hawens (15 August 1941). Locomotive Diagram Book/Lokomotiefdiagramboek, 3'6" Gauge/Spoorwydte. SAR/SAS Mechanical Department/Werktuigkundige Dept. Drawing Office/Tekenkantoor, Pretoria. pp. 23–24.