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)

Railway lines opened

 * 3 October – Cape Western – Vryburg to Mafeking, 96 mi.
 * 18 November – Transvaal – Airlie to Pretoria, 179 mi.

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.