1894 in South Africa
# 1894 in South Africa

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.

### 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)
* 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, 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.
