1973 in South Africa
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Incumbents
Events
- January
- 8 – Two South African policemen are killed and two injured in an explosion near the Zambezi River in north-western Rhodesia.
- February
- March
- Steve Biko is banned by the government.
- August
- 25 – Harry Schwarz, leader of the liberal "Young Turks", wins the leadership of the United Party in the Transvaal, replacing its long-time leader Marais Steyn.
- Unknown date
- The Natal Parks Board starts buying up farms to form the Itala Game Reserve.
- Michael Lapsley, an Anglican priest, arrives in South Africa.
- African and Arab states impose an oil embargo on South Africa.
Births
- 8 March – Jill Brukman, backstroke and medley swimmer.
- 19 July – Nathalie Boltt, actress.
- 18 November – Michele MacNaughton, field hockey player.
Railways
Locomotives
Two new Cape gauge and one narrow gauge locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways (SAR):
- April – The first of one hundred Class 34-400 General Electric (GE) type U26C diesel-electric locomotives.[1]
- The first of one hundred Class 6E1, Series 4 electric locomotives.[1][2]:128-129[3]
- September-December – Twenty Class 91-000 GE type UM6B narrow gauge diesel-electric locomotives on the Avontuur Railway.[1][2]:144
References
- 1 2 3 South African Railways Index and Diagrams Electric and Diesel Locomotives, 610mm and 1065mm Gauges, Ref LXD 14/1/100/20, 28 January 1975, as amended
- 1 2 Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. ISBN 0869772112.
- ↑ Middleton, John N. (2002). Railways of Southern Africa Locomotive Guide - 2002 (as amended by Combined Amendment List 4, January 2009) (2nd, Dec 2002 ed.). Herts, England: Beyer-Garratt Publications. pp. 56–57.
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