1930 in South Africa

	1930 in South Africa
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List of years in South Africa

Events

May

• 19 – White women are enfranchised.

Unknown date

• The Private Act of the University of Pretoria is passed, changing the name of the Transvaal University College to the University of Pretoria.

Births

• 30 January – Magnus André de Merindol Malan, Minister of Defence in the 1980s, is born in Pretoria.
• 23 February – Fanie du Plessis, South African athlete. (d. 2001)
• 25 November – David Goldblatt, photographer, is born in Randfontein.

Railways

Railway lines opened

• 14 April – Cape – Fort Knokke to Woltemade no. 1, 4 miles 5 chains (6.5 kilometres).
• 24 April – Free State – Parys to Vredefort, 10 miles 75 chains (17.6 kilometres).
• 14 May – Free State – Petrus Steyn to Lindley, 27 miles 67 chains (44.8 kilometres).
• 19 September – Natal – Empangeni to Nkwalini, 39 miles 67 chains (64.1 kilometres).
• 1 November – Cape – Koopmansfontein to Postmasburg, 65 miles 74 chains (106.1 kilometres).
• 6 November – South West Africa – Witvlei to Gobabis, 31 miles 44 chains (50.8 kilometres).
• 10 December – Cape – New England to Barkly East, 18 miles 6 chains (29.1 kilometres).

Locomotives

• The South African Railways places fourteen Class 19B 4-8-2 Mountain type locomotives in service.