1894 in South Africa

	1894 in South Africa
1891 1892 1893 « 1894 » 1895 1896 1897
List of years in South Africa

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

• 20 – The railway line between Lourenço Marques and Pretoria is completed at Balmoral.

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 Colony to control African labour and land.

Births

• 12 March – Willem Lambertus van Warmelo, compiler of Afrikaanse Liedjies, is born in the Netherlands.
• 23 August – Andries Albertus Pienaar, author under the pen name Sangiro, is born in Broederstroom near Pretoria. (d. 1979)

Railways

Railway lines opened

• 3 October – Cape Western – Vryburg to Mafeking, 96 miles (154.5 kilometres).
• 18 November – Transvaal – Airlie to Pretoria, 179 miles (288.1 kilometres).

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 32 Tonner rack tank locomotives in service on the rack section between Waterval Onder and Waterval Boven.