1921 in South Africa

Decades:	1900s; 1910s; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s;
See also:	; List of years in South Africa;

The following lists events that happened during 1921 in South Africa.

Incumbents

10 September – John Tengo Jabavu, editor of South Africa's first newspaper in Xhosa. (b. 1859)

1 November – Transvaal – Pretoria West to Roberts Heights, 7 miles 38 chains (12.0 kilometres).^[2]
28 November – Natal – Booth Junction to Cato Ridge, 39 miles 58 chains (63.9 kilometres).^[2]

Two new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways (SAR):

February – A single experimental Class GA 2-6-0+0-6-2 Garratt articulated steam locomotive, the first Cape gauge Garratt in South Africa.^[3]^[4]^[5]
June – The first of seven Class GB 2-6-2+2-6-2 Garratt locomotives.^[3]^[4]^[5]

^ Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Governors-General: 1910-1961 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
^ ^a ^b 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
^ ^a ^b Holland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England: David & Charles. pp. 41–42. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
^ ^a ^b Hamilton, Gavin N., The Garratt Locomotive - Garratt Locomotives produced by Beyer, Peacock, retrieved 10 November 2012
^ ^a ^b Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 88–89. ISBN 0869772112.