1907 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1907 in South Africa.

Incumbents

 * Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa:Walter Hely-Hutchinson.
 * Governor of the Colony of Natal: Matthew Nathan.
 * Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope: Leander Starr Jameson.
 * Prime Minister of the Colony of Natal: Frederick Robert Moor.
 * Prime Minister of the Orange River Colony: Hamilton John Goold-Adams.
 * Prime Minister of the Transvaal Colony: Louis Botha.

Events

 * March
 * 22 – The Transvaal Asiatic Registration Act is passed in parliament, sparking protests by Indians.

Reggie walker winning gold in the Olympics
 * July
 * 1 – The Orange River Colony gains autonomy as the Orange Free State.

Births

 * 30 December – Geoffrey Cronjé founder of Apartheid

Railway lines opened

 * 1 January – Cape Western – Misgund to Avontuur (Narrow gauge), 21 mi.
 * 13 March – Transvaal – Breyten to Ermelo, 18 mi.
 * 18 April – Natal – Estcourt to Weenen (Narrow gauge), 28 mi.
 * 15 May – Natal – Loskop to Winterton, 10 mi.
 * 16 May – Cape Western – Mafeking to Buurman's Drift, 9 mi.
 * 2 July – Free State – Modderpoort to Bethlehem, 103 mi.
 * 5 July – Transvaal – Krugersdorp to Zeerust, 127 mi.
 * 14 July – Cape Midland – Knysna to Templeman, 21 mi.
 * 2 September – Natal – North Shepstone to South Shepstone, 2 mi.
 * 25 September – Cape Midland – Mosselbaai to George, 32 mi.

Locomotives

 * The Cape Government Railways places a single experimental 4-6-2 Pacific three cylinder compound steam locomotive in service, based on the second series of its Karoo Class locomotives. In 1912 it will be designated Class Experimental 1 on the South African Railways (SAR).
 * The Central South African Railways acquires a single self-contained Railmotor, a passenger coach that is an integral part of the locomotive itself, for its railmotor passenger service that had been introduced in 1906.
 * The Natal Government Railways places six 4-6-2 Pacific type narrow gauge tank steam locomotives in service. By 1930 they will be designated Class NG3 on the SAR.