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The following lists events that happened during 1894 in South Africa.
Contents
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.