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The following lists events that happened during 1910 in South Africa.

Incumbents

Cape Colony

  • Governor of the Cape of Good Hope: Maj Gen Henry Scobell (acting) (until 30 May).
  • Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope: John X. Merriman (until 30 May).

Natal

  • Governor of the Colony of Natal: The Lord Methuen (until 30 May).
  • Prime Minister of the Colony of Natal: Frederick Robert Moor (until 28 April).

Orange River Colony

  • Governor of the Orange River Colony: Sir Hamilton Goold-Adams (until 30 May).
  • Prime Minister of the Orange River Colony: Abraham Fischer (until 30 May).

Transvaal

  • Governor of the Transvaal Colony and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: The Earl of Selborne (until 30 May).
  • Prime Minister of the Transvaal Colony: Louis Botha (until 30 May).

Union of South Africa

  • Monarch: King George V (starting 31 May).
  • Governor-General of the Union of South Africa and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: The Viscount Gladstone (from 31 May).
  • Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa: Louis Botha (from 31 May).
  • Chief Justice: John de Villiers, 1st Baron de Villiers.

Events

;March

  • 10 &ndash; Nazareth Baptist Church, an African-initiated church, is founded by Prophet Isaiah Shembe.

;May

  • 31 &ndash; The Union of South Africa is established from the former British colonies of the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, Transvaal and Orange River Colony.
  • 31 &ndash; Herbert John Gladstone becomes the first Governor-General of the Union of South Africa.
  • 17 &ndash; King George V granted an official coat of arms to the Union.

;November

  • 4 &ndash; The 1st South African Parliament opens.

;December

  • 28 &ndash; Official flag badges approved for the Union.

;Unknown date

  • The Girl Guides movement is established.
  • The white population in South Africa is 21.5% of the total.
  • Witwatersrand gold mine owners come under pressure to improve sanitary conditions since a third of the black miners are dying of pneumonia.
  • The Pretoria and Johannesburg branches of the Transvaal University College (TUC) split into independent institutions. The branches will later become the University of Pretoria (Tuks) and the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) respectively.

Births

  • 24 March &ndash; Adolph Malan, World War II fighter pilot. (d. 1963)
  • 9 July &ndash; Govan Mbeki, anti-apartheid activist and politician. (d. 2001)
  • 15 July &ndash; Bettie du Toit, trade unionist and anti-apartheid activist (d. 2002)
  • 30 September &ndash; Monty Naicker, medical doctor and politician. (d. 1978)
  • 26 November &ndash; Cyril Cusack, South African–born actor (d. 1993)

Deaths

  • 18 July &ndash; Johan Zulch de Villiers, attorney and mayor of Johannesburg. (b. 1845)

Railways

thumb|[[South African Class 2C 4-6-2|NGR Class A]]

thumb|[[South African Class 3A 4-8-2|NGR Maud Allan]]

thumb|[[South African Class MB 2-6-6-0|SAR Class MB]]

thumb|[[South African Class 10A 4-6-2|CSAR Class 10-1]]

thumb|[[South African Class 10D 4-6-2|SAR Class 10D]]

thumb|[[South African Class MD 2-6-6-2|SAR Class MD]]

Railway lines opened

  • 21 March &ndash; Cape Eastern &ndash; Riverside (Natal) to Malenge, .
  • 27 April &ndash; Natal &ndash; Utrecht Junction to Utrecht, .
  • A single Class B 4-8-2| Mountain type locomotive, also known as the America D and nicknamed "Maud Allan" by the enginemen. In 1912, it will be designated Class 3A on the SAR.

;Transvaal

  • Five new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the Central South African Railways (CSAR):
  • In March, ten Class 10-2 Pacific type steam locomotives, five with and five without superheaters. In 1912, they will be designated Class 10A (saturated steam) and Class 10B (superheated) on the SAR.