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The following lists events that happened during 1907 in South Africa.

Incumbents

  • Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa:Walter Hely-Hutchinson.
  • Governor of the Colony of Natal: Matthew Nathan.
  • Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope: Leander Starr Jameson.
  • Prime Minister of the Colony of Natal: Frederick Robert Moor.
  • Prime Minister of the Orange River Colony: Hamilton John Goold-Adams.
  • Prime Minister of the Transvaal Colony: Louis Botha.

Events

;March

  • 22 &ndash; The Transvaal Asiatic Registration Act is passed in parliament, sparking protests by Indians.

;July

  • 1 &ndash; The Orange River Colony gains autonomy as the Orange Free State.

Reggie walker winning gold in the Olympics

Births

  • 30 December &ndash; Geoffrey Cronjé founder of Apartheid

Deaths

Railways

Railway lines opened

  • 1 January &ndash; Cape Western &ndash; Misgund to Avontuur (Narrow gauge), .
  • 13 March &ndash; Transvaal &ndash; Breyten to Ermelo, .
  • 18 April &ndash; Natal &ndash; Estcourt to Weenen (Narrow gauge), .
  • The Central South African Railways acquires a single self-contained Railmotor, a passenger coach that is an integral part of the locomotive itself, for its railmotor passenger service that had been introduced in 1906.
  • The Natal Government Railways places six 4-6-2 Pacific type narrow gauge tank steam locomotives in service. By 1930 they will be designated Class NG3 on the SAR.

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