1894 in South Africa
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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 â 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 â 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 â The Owl Club of Cape Town, a dining club, has its first formal meeting.
- 20 â The railway line between Lourenço Marques and Pretoria is completed at Balmoral.[1]
- November
- 18 â The railway line between Lourenço Marques and Pretoria is opened to traffic.[2]
- Unknown date
- The Glen Grey Act is passed in the Cape of Good Hope to control African labour and land.
Births
- 12 March â Willem Lambertus van Warmelo, compiler of Afrikaanse Liedjies, born in the Netherlands. (d. 1976)
- 20 March â Jan Hofmeyr, Prime Minister of South Africa. (d. 1948)
- 1 May â Elizabeth Johanna Bosman, author under the pen name Marie Linde (d. 1963)[3]
- 23 August â Andries Albertus Pienaar, author under the pen name Sangiro, born in Broederstroom. (d. 1979)
- 5 October â Bevil Rudd, South African athlete. (d. 1948)
Railways
Railway lines opened
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.[4][5]
- Transvaal
- The Nederlandsche-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg-Maatschappij of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (Transvaal Republic) places three 32 Tonner rack tank locomotives in service on the rack section between Waterval Onder and Waterval Boven.[6]