The following lists events that happened during 1913 in South Africa .
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May
South Africa's first flying school opens in Kimberley to train pilots for the South African Aviation Corps.
June
19 – The Natives Land Act is passed, limiting land ownership for blacks to black territories.
November
6 – Mohandas Gandhi is arrested while leading a march of Indian miners in South Africa.
Unknown date
Railway lines opened
SAR Class 4A
NCCR Class 7, SAR Class 7F
SAR Class 14
5 March – Cape – Vredenburg to Saldanha (Narrow gauge), 9 miles 65 chains (15.8 kilometres) .[2]
15 May – Free State – Arlington to Senekal , 27 miles 30 chains (44.1 kilometres) .[2]
15 July – Cape – Butterworth to Idutywa , 26 miles 74 chains (43.3 kilometres) .[2]
6 August – Cape – George to Oudtshoorn , 45 miles 30 chains (73.0 kilometres) .[2]
3 November – Cape – Graafwater to Kleipan, 22 miles 67 chains (36.8 kilometres) .[2]
3 November – Free State – Reitz to Marsala, 28 miles 69 chains (46.4 kilometres) .[2]
10 November – Transvaal – Nelspruit to Sabie , 55 miles 36 chains (89.2 kilometres) .[2]
1 December – Natal – Greytown to Ahrens, 19 miles 70 chains (32.0 kilometres) .[2]
5 December – Transvaal – Bandelierkop to Lilliput, 83 miles 33 chains (134.2 kilometres) .[2]
15 December – Natal – Tendeka to Piet Retief (Transvaal), 76 miles 35 chains (123.0 kilometres) .[2]
Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway , Statement No. 19, p. 187, ref. no. 200954-13
Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 38–39, 46–48, 56–57. ISBN 0869772112 .
Pattison, R.G. (1997). The Cape Seventh Class Locomotives (1st ed.). Kenilworth, Cape Town: The Railway History Group. pp. 15–16. ISBN 0958400946 .