1884 in South Africa
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Contents
Events
- April
- 24 – Germany occupies German South-West Africa.
- July
- 24 – Barberton is declared a town.
- August
- 5 – The Republic of Vryheid is established in northern Natal.
- 7 – Walvisbaai is occupied by the Cape Colony.
- November
- 3 – Imvo Zabantsundu (Opinion of the People), South Africa's first newspaper for Black people is published by Thanda Press in King William's Town.
- 15 – The Berlin Conference commences when 14 countries (Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden-Norway, Turkey, and United States of America) meet in Berlin to each claim their part of Africa.
- December
- 3 – The private Kowie Railway line between Grahamstown and Port Alfred is opened to traffic.[1]
Births
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Deaths
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Railways
Railway lines opened
- 31 March – Cape Midland – Noupoort to De Aar, to link up with the Cape Western System, 69 miles 6 chains (111.2 kilometres).[2]
- May – Natal – Pietermaritzburg to Merrivale, 15 miles 19 chains (24.5 kilometres).[3]
- 16 September – Cape Eastern – Sterkstroom to Molteno, 20 miles 69 chains (33.6 kilometres).[2]
- 3 November – Cape Western – Victoria West Road to Oranjerivier, 150 miles 69 chains (242.8 kilometres).[2]
- 1 December – Kowie – Port Alfred to Grahamstown, 44 miles (70.8 kilometres).[3]
Locomotives
- The Cape Government Railways places two experimental 3rd Class 4-4-0 tender and four experimental 4th Class 4-6-0 tank-and-tender locomotives in service, designed by the Cape Eastern System to be able to use the low-grade local coal with its high content of incombustible matter.[4][5]
References
- ↑ The South African Railways - Historical Survey. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978, pp. 12-13.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Report for year ending 31 December 1909, Cape Government Railways, Section VIII - Dates of Opening and the Length of the different Sections in the Cape Colony, from the Year 1873 to 31st December, 1909.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 182, ref. no. 200954-13
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- ↑ C.G.R. Numbering Revised, Article by Dave Littley, SA Rail May–June 1993, pp. 94-95.
