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The following lists events that happened during 1925 in South Africa.

Incumbents

  • Monarch: King George V.
  • Governor-General and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: The Earl of Athlone.
  • Prime Minister: J.B.M. Hertzog.
  • Chief Justice: James Rose Innes.

Events

;May

  • 1 &ndash; The Prince of Wales arrives in Cape Town on a visit to South Africa.

;July

  • 23 &ndash; D.F. Malan, Minister of the Interior, introduces the Areas Reservation and Immigration and Registration Bill, also known as the Asiatic Bill.

;Augustus

  • 1 &ndash; The New Cape Central Railway and its long line between Worcester and Voorbaai is incorporated into the South African Railways (SAR).

;Unknown date

  • Afrikaans officially replaces Dutch as the second official language after English.
  • The manor house of Groot Constantia is gutted by a fire.
  • The University of Pretoria begins the tradition of Jool in South Africa.
  • South Africa returns to the gold standard.

Births

  • 14 April &ndash; Colin Eglin, founding member and leader of the Progressive Federal Party. (d. 2013)
  • 4 May &ndash; Ruth First, journalist, academic and activist. (d. 1982)
  • 6 June &ndash; Andrew Mlangeni, anti-apartheid activist. (d. 2020)
  • 19 June &ndash; Alfred Nzo, anti-apartheid activist. (d. 2000)
  • 28 September &ndash; Cromwell Everson, composer. (d. 1991)
  • 5 October &ndash; Herbert Kretzmer, journalist and lyricist (d. 2020)
  • 14 October &ndash; Phillip Tobias, palaeoanthropologist. (d. 2012)

Deaths

  • 30 August &ndash; Cathcart William Methven, civil engineer and painter. (b. 1849)

Railways

thumb|[[South African Class FC 2-6-2+2-6-2|Class FC Modified Fairlie]]

thumb|[[South African Class GD 2-6-2+2-6-2|Class GD Garratt]]

thumb|[[South African Class GG 2-6-2+2-6-2|Class GG Garratt]]

thumb|[[South African Class 16D 4-6-2|Class 16D]]

thumb|[[South African Class 1E|Class 1E]]

Railway lines opened

  • 21 January &ndash; Transvaal &ndash; Rustenburg to Boshoek, .
  • The first four Class GD branchline 2-6-2+2-6-2 Garratt articulated locomotives.
  • The first six of eighteen Class GE 2-8-2+2-8-2 Garratt locomotives.

References