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The following lists events that happened during 1922 in South Africa.

Incumbents

  • Monarch: King George V.
  • Governor-General and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: Prince Arthur of Connaught.
  • Prime Minister: Jan Smuts.
  • Chief Justice: James Rose Innes.

Events

;March

  • 10-14 &ndash; The Rand Rebellion, a strike by white mine workers which began on 28 December 1921, becomes open rebellion against the state.
  • 15 &ndash; Samuel Long, labour pioneer and striker, is arrested.

;April

  • 1 &ndash; The South African Railways take control of all railway operations in South West Africa.

;October

  • 27 &ndash; Southern Rhodesians vote in a referendum and reject union with South Africa.

;November

  • 17 &ndash; Rand Rebellion strikers Samuel Long, Herbert Hull and David Lewis are hanged for murder.

;December

  • 6 &ndash; The prophet Nontetha is arrested by authorities fearful of a repeat of the Bulhoek Massacre

Births

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  • 6 May &ndash; Elize Botha, first wife of State President P. W. Botha. (d. 1997)
  • 22 May &ndash; Looksmart Khulile Ngudle, politician, (d. 1963)
  • 13 October &ndash; Rahima Moosa, politician, (d. 1993)
  • 22 October &ndash; Thomas Nkobi, politician, (d. 1994)
  • 5 November &ndash; Sydney Kentridge, lawyer, judge and member of the English Bar.
  • 8 November &ndash; Chris Barnard, cardiac surgeon and heart transplant pioneer. (d. 2001)

Deaths

Railways

South West African lines

  • 1 April &ndash; The SAR inherits five existing former German Colonial railway lines in SWA.
  • Union Border to Swakop River (at Swakopmund), .
  • One pair of narrow gauge 0-6-0 Zwillinge twin tank locomotives, introduced by the Swakopmund-Windhuk Staatsbahn in 1898.