The following lists events that happened during 1916 in South Africa.
Incumbents Monarch: King George V. Governor-General and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: The Viscount Buxton.Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Governors-General: 1910-1961 (Accessed on 14 April 2017) Prime Minister: Louis Botha. Chief Justice: James Rose Innes
Events February 12 – In the Battle of Salaita Hill, South African and other British Empire troops fail to take a German East African defensive position.
July 14-16 – During the Battle of Delville Wood, 766 men from the South African Brigade are killed in South Africa's biggest loss in the First World War.
September 4 – Dar es Salaam surrenders to British Empire forces.
Births 12 January – P.W. Botha, politician, Prime Minister and State President. (d. 2006) 15 January – Rachel Alida de Toit, actor who performed under the name Lydia Lindeque. (d. 1997) 28 March – Abraham Manie Adelstein, South African-born Chief Medical Statistician of the United Kingdom. (d. 1992) 1 July – Thomas Hamilton-Brown, boxer. (d. 1981)
Deaths 5 June – The Earl Kitchener, British military commander during the Second Boer War. (b. 1850) 28 November – Martinus Theunis Steyn, last State President of the Orange Free State. (b. 1857)
Railways
Railway lines opened 18 February – Transvaal – Morgenzon to Amersfoort, .Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 188, ref. no. 200954-13 25 May – Natal – Boughton to Cedara deviation, . 5 June – Transvaal – Volksrust to Amersfoort, . 30 June – Free State – Aliwal North (Cape) to Zastron, . 31 July – Free State – Vierfontein to Bothaville, . 18 September – Cape – Idutywa to Umtata, . 2 October – Cape – Williston to Kootjieskolk, . 18 October – Transvaal – Delareyville to Pudimoe (Cape), .
November – Cape – Ascot to Tygerberg, . 24 November – Natal – Donnybrook to Underberg, .
Locomotives The South African Railways places six 4-6-2 Pacific type steam locomotives in service on the Langkloof narrow gauge line.
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