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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2013}}{{Use South African English|date=November 2013}}{{Year in South Africa|1914}}The following lists events that happened during 1914 in South Africa. Incumbents- Monarch: King George V.
- Governor-General and High Commissioner for Southern Africa:
- The Viscount Gladstone (until 7 September).[1]
- The Viscount Buxton (from 8 September).[1]
- Prime Minister: Louis Botha.
- Chief Justice: John de Villiers, 1st Baron de Villiers then Sir James Rose Innes
Events- January
- 8 – A railway strike is declared in the Transvaal and Orange Free State.
- April
- 23 – The Afrikaans language receives official recognition when Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven addresses the English caucus of the Cape Provincial Council.
- July
- 1 – The National Party is formed in Bloemfontein.
- 18 – Mahatma Gandhi leaves South Africa for the last time, sailing out of Cape Town for England on board the SS Kinfauns Castle.
- September
- 8 – The Viscount Buxton is appointed the second Governor-General of the Union of South Africa.
- 10 – South Africa declares war on Germany.
- 13 – South African troops open hostilities in German South-West Africa with an assault on the Ramansdrift police station.
- 15 – The Maritz Rebellion against the government of the Union of South Africa begins.
- Unknown date
- The steamship Clan Stuart is blown ashore between Glencairn and Simon's Town in the Cape Province.
- The Kimberley mine or "Big Hole" is closed.
- South Africa's government agree to many of the Indians' demands. Discriminatory taxes on Indian traders are abolished, the legality of non-Christian marriages is recognized and the continued immigration of free Indians is permitted.
- A new lighthouse is built at Cape Point.
Births- 3 July – Pat Pattle, World War II fighter pilot. (d. 1941)
- 9 December – Shmuel Katz, Israeli writer, historian and journalist. (d. 2008)
Deaths- 15 September – Koos de la Rey, Boer War general, is shot dead at a police roadblock. (b. 1847)
RailwaysRailway lines opened- 1 January – Cape – Kleipan to Birdfield, {{convert|6|mi|59|ch|km|1|abbr=off}}.[2]
- 5 January – Natal – Winterton to Bergville, {{convert|18|mi|27|ch|km|1|abbr=off}}.[2]
- 2 February – Natal – Ixopo to Madonela (Narrow gauge), {{convert|17|mi|27|ch|km|1|abbr=off}}.[2]
- 23 February – Natal – Ahrens to Kranskop, {{convert|12|mi|26|ch|km|1|abbr=off}}.[2]
- 4 March – Free State – Marsala to Frankfort, {{convert|17|mi|39|ch|km|1|abbr=off}}.[2]
- 3 April – Cape – Gamtoos to Patensie (Narrow gauge), {{convert|18|mi|79|ch|km|1|abbr=off}}.[2]
- 6 April – Cape – Caledon to Klipdale, {{convert|43|mi|9|ch|km|1|abbr=off}}.[2]
- 5 May – Transvaal – Lilliput to Messina, {{convert|19|mi|7|ch|km|1|abbr=off}}.[2]
- 18 May – Transvaal – Sabie to Graskop, {{convert|21|mi|75|ch|km|1|abbr=off}}.[2]
- 25 May – Transvaal – Cranbourne to Modderbee, {{convert|6|mi|79|ch|km|1|abbr=off}}.[2]
- September – Natal – Newleigh to Estcourt deviation, {{convert|26|mi|4|ch|km|1|abbr=off}}.[2]
- 21 December – Transvaal – Bethal to Morgenzon, {{convert|27|mi|10|ch|km|1|abbr=off}}.[2]
LocomotivesSix new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways (SAR): - Forty-one Class 14A 4-8-2 Mountain type steam locomotives.[3]
- Ten Class 15 {{nowrap|4-8-2}} Mountain type locomotives.[3]
- The first of 119 Class 15A 4-8-2 Mountain type locomotives.[3][4]
- Twelve Class 16 4-6-2 Pacific type passenger steam locomotives.[3]
- Fifteen Class MC1 2-6-6-0 Mallet articulated compound steam locomotives.[4]
- Only two of the ten Class MJ 2-6-6-0 Mallet compound locomotives ordered from German manufacturer Maffei before the outbreak of World War I disrupts further delivery.[3][4]
References1. ^1 Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Governors-General: 1910-1961 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 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
3. ^1 2 3 4 {{Paxton-Bourne|pages=10–11, 57–60, 64, 87–88}}
4. ^1 2 {{Holland-Vol 2|pages=21-22, 26–27, 29}}
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