1921 in South Africa

← 1920 1919 1918 1921 in South Africa → 1922 1923 1924
Decades:	1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s
See also:	List of years in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1921 in South Africa.

Incumbents

• Monarch: King George V.
• Governor-General and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: Prince Arthur of Connaught.^[1]
• Prime Minister: Jan Smuts.
• Chief Justice: James Rose Innes.

Events

May

• 3 – The second census of the Union of South Africa takes place.
• 24 – The Bulhoek Massacre takes place with an estimated 163 killed.

July

• 30 – The Communist Party of South Africa is established.

December

• 28 – White gold miners on the Witwatersrand go on strike in the Rand Rebellion.

Unknown date

• Dagbreek men's residence opens at Stellenbosch University.

Births

• 30 May – Jamie Uys, actor and film director. (d. 1996)
• 21 July – Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa, Zulu sangoma and author (d. 2020)

Deaths

• 10 September – John Tengo Jabavu, editor of South Africa's first newspaper in Xhosa. (b. 1859)

Railways

Railway lines opened

Class GA

Class GB

• 1 November – Transvaal – Pretoria West to Roberts Heights, 7 miles 38 chains (12.0 kilometres).^[2]
• 28 November – Natal – Booth Junction to Cato Ridge, 39 miles 58 chains (63.9 kilometres).^[2]

Locomotives

Two new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways (SAR):

• February – A single experimental Class GA 2-6-0+0-6-2 Garratt articulated steam locomotive, the first Cape gauge Garratt in South Africa.^[3][4][5]
• June – The first of seven Class GB 2-6-2+2-6-2 Garratt locomotives.^[3][4][5]

References

1. Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Governors-General: 1910-1961 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
2. 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
3. Holland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England: David & Charles. pp. 41–42. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
4. Hamilton, Gavin N., The Garratt Locomotive - Garratt Locomotives produced by Beyer, Peacock, retrieved 10 November 2012
5. Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 88–89. ISBN 0869772112.