Kammala wannan jumla: Asali karamin sansanin soja, wanda aka kafa a lokacin mulkin mallaka na
An kafa shi a matsayin ƙauye a 1858 lokacin da masu mulkin mallaka na Jamus suka isa yankin. Gwamnatin Cape ta John Molteno ta fara aiki a kan hanyar jirgin kasa zuwa Gabashin London a gabar teku a shekara ta 1876 kuma an bude layin a ranar 3 ga Nuwamba 1879.