The following lists events that happened during 1913 in South Africa .
Incumbents
Events
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.
Unknown date
Births
Deaths
Railways
Railway lines opened
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]
Locomotives
Sports
Rugby
References
^ Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Governors-General: 1910-1961 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
^ a b c d e f g h i j Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway , Statement No. 19, p. 187, ref. no. 200954-13
^ a b c Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 38–39, 46–48, 56–57. ISBN 0869772112 .
^ Holland, D.F. (1971). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways . 1: 1859–1910 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. pp. 78–80. ISBN 978-0-7153-5382-0 .
^ Pattison, R.G. (1997). The Cape Seventh Class Locomotives (1st ed.). Kenilworth, Cape Town: The Railway History Group. pp. 15–16. ISBN 0958400946 .
1913 in Africa
Sovereign states
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde (Cabo Verde)
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Eswatini (Swaziland)
Ethiopia
Gabon
The Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
States with limited recognition
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Somaliland
Dependencies and other territories
Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain)
Madeira (Portugal)
Mayotte / Réunion (France)
Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)