1894 in South Africa explained

The following lists events that happened during 1894 in South Africa.

Incumbents

• Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa:Henry Brougham Loch.
• Governor of the Colony of Natal: Walter Hely-Hutchinson.
• State President of the Orange Free State: Francis William Reitz.
• State President of the South African Republic: Paul Kruger.
• Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope: Cecil John Rhodes.
• Prime Minister of the Colony of Natal: .

Events

June

• 25  - Paul Kruger, President of the Transvaal Republic, meets British High Commissioner Sir Henry Loch in Pretoria to discuss the grievances of the Uitlanders.

August

• 22  - The Natal Indian Congress is founded by Mahatma Gandhi.

September

• Mahatma Gandhi becomes the first Indian to be enrolled as an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Natal.

October

• 1  - The Owl Club of Cape Town, a dining club, has its first formal meeting.
• 20  - The railway line between Lourenço Marques and Pretoria is completed at Balmoral.^[1]

November

• 18  - The railway line between Lourenço Marques and Pretoria is opened to traffic.

Unknown date

• The Glen Grey Act is passed in the Cape of Good Hope to control African labour and land.

Births

• 12 March  - Willem Lambertus van Warmelo, compiler of Afrikaanse Liedjies, born in the Netherlands. (d. 1976)
• 20 March  - Jan Hofmeyr, Prime Minister of South Africa. (d. 1948)
• 1 May  - Elizabeth Johanna Bosman, author under the pen name Marie Linde (d. 1963)^[2]
• 23 August  - Andries Albertus Pienaar, author under the pen name Sangiro, born in Broederstroom. (d. 1979)
• 5 October  - Bevil Rudd, South African athlete. (d. 1948)

Railways

Railway lines opened

• 3 October  - Cape Western  - Vryburg to Mafeking, 961NaN1.^[3]
• 18 November  - Transvaal  - Airlie to Pretoria, 1791NaN1.^[3]

Locomotives

Cape

• The Port Elizabeth Harbour Board places the first of eight 0-4-0 saddle-tank locomotives in shunting service at the Port Elizabeth Harbour.

Transvaal

• The Nederlandsche-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg-Maatschappij of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (Transvaal Republic) places three rack tank locomotives in service on the rack section between Waterval Onder and Waterval Boven.

Notes and References

1. The South African Railways – Historical Survey. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978, p. 20.
2. Book: De Kock, Sita. Die Bosmans van Suid-Afrika, 1707-1965. Pretoria. Van Schaik. 1968. 814141210. AF. 33.
3. Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 183, ref. no. 200954-13