List of events
The following lists events that happened during 1929 in South Africa .
June July August 26 – Union Airways commences operations.[ 1] Class S Class GDA Class GL Clayton Railmotor Railway lines opened [ edit ] 3 April – Cape – Hermon to Porterville , 36 miles 10 chains (58.1 kilometres).[ 3]
10 April – Cape – Ceres to Prince Alfred Hamlet , 6 miles 25 chains (10.2 kilometres).[ 3]
16 April – Free State – Wesselsbron to Bultfontein , 35 miles 45 chains (57.2 kilometres).[ 3]
31 July – Free State – Arlington to Lindley , 12 miles 26 chains (19.8 kilometres).[ 3]
12 August – Transvaal – Boshoek to Middelwit, 58 miles 35 chains (94.0 kilometres).[ 3]
31 August – Transvaal – Messina to Beitbridge , 10 miles 30 chains (16.7 kilometres).[ 3]
14 November – Transvaal – Derwent to Stoffberg, 37 miles 73 chains (61.0 kilometres).[ 3]
1 December – South West Africa – Seeis to Witvlei , 66 miles 41 chains (107.0 kilometres).[ 3] Six new steam locomotive types, four Cape gauge and one narrow gauge, enter service on the South African Railways (SAR):
^ a b SAA Museum Society: South African Airways, A Brief History (Accessed on 8 March 2017)
^ SR/Olympic Sports - Daphne Robb-Hasenjäger (Accessed on 8 March 2017)
^ a b c d e f g h Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway , Statement No. 19, p. 189, ref. no. 200954-13
^ a b c Holland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways . Vol. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England: David & Charles . pp. 58–65. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8 .
^ a b c d Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 70, 80, 90–91, 116. ISBN 0869772112 .
^ South African Railways and Harbours Locomotive Diagram Book, 2’0” & 3’6” Gauge Steam Locomotives, 15 August 1941, as amended
^ a b Durrant, AE (1989). Twilight of South African Steam (1st ed.). Newton Abbott: David & Charles . pp. 33, 99. ISBN 0715386387 .
^ Hamilton, Gavin N., The Garratt Locomotive - Garratt Locomotives from Other Builders , retrieved 10 November 2012
^ Hamilton, Gavin N., The Garratt Locomotive - Garratt Locomotives produced by Beyer, Peacock , retrieved 10 November 2012
^ Clayton Steam Rail Coach - From the Dave Rhind Collection , Railway History Group of South Africa, Pinelands, Cape Town.
1929 in Africa
Sovereign states
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Gabon
The Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
States with limited recognition
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Somaliland
Dependencies and other territories
Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain)
Madeira (Portugal)
Mayotte / Réunion (France)
Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)