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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.
• 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

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

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.
• June – The first of seven Class GB 2-6-2+2-6-2 Garratt locomotives.

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.

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