SAR, noun2

/es eɪ ˈɑː(r)/
Forms:
Also S.A.R.
Origin:
Initial letters of South African Railways.
historical
a. A state-owned organization responsible for a range of transport and other services: see quotation 1970. b. colloquial. spoorweg. Also attributive. Also SAR & H, South African Railways and Harbours.
Note:
Established in 1910, the SAR was renamed the South African Transport Services in 1981 (see SATS) and ‘Transnet’ in 1990.
1911 A.W. Barlow in Farmer’s Weekly 11 Oct. 154It would be interesting to know how much revenue the SAR receive from natives..travelling by rail.
1938 Report of Railways & Harbours Board (UG41–1938)South African Airways (S.A.R. & H.) The rapid expansion of the activities of South African Airways..was continued during the year under review.
1948 We Fought the Miles (S.A.R. & H.) 15The work..of the S.A.R. & H. Women’s War Fund.
1956 D. Jacobson Dance in Sun 145Informed his sister that he was working for the S.A.R. in De Aar.
1963 A. Fugard Notebks (1983) 84Forced out of his home to take a job with the S.A.R. laying sleepers on the line to Graaff-Reinet.
1970 Std Encycl. of Sn Afr. IX. 221The S.A.R. The term ‘South African Railways’ includes railways, harbours, airways and associated services such as the road transport services, oil pipelines, catering services, and the management of publicity and travel. The system is State-owned and administered and worked under the Ministry of Transport.
1971 Evening Post 4 Apr. 7The SAR & H in Durban has just taken on 50 Africans as fork-lift drivers.
1972 Daily Dispatch 24 Jan. 10South Africa is largely a socialist country with several socialistic manifestations — SAR and H, Iscor, Sasol and the state-controlled enterprises such as broadcasting and the XDC.
1980 M. Lipton in Optima Vol.29 No.2, 91Of 125 000 Blacks employed by South African Railways and Harbours (SAR), one-third were migrants.
1984 Frontline Feb. 25Going..to Cape Town on the SAR or whatever the Railways calls itself these days.
1991 M. Kantey All Tickets 10The train of my first twenty-eight years. The SAR & H — now the South African Transport Services — suburban line from Simon’s Town to Cape Town and back again.
A state-owned organization responsible for a range of transport and other services: see quotation 1970.
spoorweg. Also attributive. Also SAR & H, South African Railways and Harbours.
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