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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2013}}{{Use South African English|date=November 2013}}{{Year in South Africa|1918}}The following lists events that happened during 1918 in South Africa. Incumbents- Monarch: King George V.
- Governor-General and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: The Viscount Buxton.[1]
- Prime Minister: Louis Botha.
- Chief Justice: James Rose Innes
Events- An estimated 500,000 people die in the 1918 flu pandemic in South Africa, the fifth hardest hit country in the world.[2]
- January
- 8 – The Koöperatiewe Wijnbouwers Vereniging van Zuid-Afrika (KWV) is founded in Paarl.
- April
- 2 – Victoria College becomes the Stellenbosch University.
- May
- 14 – The Three Minute Pause, initiated by the daily firing of the Noon Gun on Signal Hill, is instituted by Cape Town Mayor Sir Harry Hands.[3]
- June
- 4 – RMS Kenilworth Castle, one of the Union-Castle Line steamships, collides with her escort destroyer HMS Rival while trying to avoid her other escort, the cruiser HMS Kent.
- 5 – The Afrikaner Broederbond, a confidential cultural organisation, is founded in Johannesburg.
- November
- 14 – German East African troops are informed of the armistice on 11 November.
- 25 – General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, commander of German forces in the German East Africa campaign, signs a ceasefire at Abercorn in Northern Rhodesia.
Births- 21 January – Frederick Guy Butler, poet, academic and writer. (d. 2001)
- 1 July – Ahmed Deedat, Sunni Muslim missionary. (d. 2005)
- 13 July – Larry Taylor, actor. (d. 2003)
- 16 July – John (Jack) Frost, Second World War fighter pilot. (d. MIA 1942)
- 18 July – Nelson Mandela, activist and President of South Africa. (d. 2013)
Deaths- 5 December – Schalk Willem Burger, Boer officer, lawyer, politician and statesman. (b. 1852)
RailwaysRailway lines opened- 2 February – Cape – Kootjieskolk to Calvinia, {{convert|43|mi|47|ch|km|1|abbr=off}}.[4]
- 16 September – Cape – Kootjieskolk to Sakrivier, {{convert|27|mi|21|ch|km|1|abbr=off}}.[4]
Locomotives- Three new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways (SAR):
- The first batch of twenty {{nowrap|Class 14C}} 4-8-2 Mountain type locomotives.[5][6]
- The first of thirty Class 15B 4-8-2 Mountain type locomotives.[6]
- Eight Class MJ1 branchline 2-6-6-0 Mallet articulated compound steam locomotives.[5][6]
References1. ^Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Governors-General: 1910-1961 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
2. ^Colds and flu: 1918 - South Africa's death toll (Accessed on 17 April 2017)
3. ^Royal Canadian Legion Branch # 138."2-Minute Wave of Silence" Revives a Time-honoured Tradition. Accessed on 5 June 2014.
4. ^1 Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 188, ref. no. 200954-13
5. ^1 {{Holland-Vol 2|pages=34, 36-37}}
6. ^1 2 {{Paxton-Bourne|pages=58–61, 88}}
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