1918 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1918 in South Africa.

1918
in
South Africa

Decades:
  • 1890s
  • 1900s
  • 1910s
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
See also:

Incumbents

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
April
May
June
November

Births

Deaths

Railways

Railway lines opened

  • 2 February Cape Kootjieskolk to Calvinia, 43 miles 47 chains (70.1 kilometres).[4]
  • 16 September Cape Kootjieskolk to Sakrivier, 27 miles 21 chains (43.9 kilometres).[4]

Locomotives

References

  1. 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 Archived 7 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine (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. 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. Holland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England: David & Charles. pp. 34, 36–37. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
  6. Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 58–61, 88. ISBN 0869772112.
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