1884 in South Africa

none August 2020 October 2013 1884 The following lists events that happened during 1884 in South Africa. Incumbents Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: Hercules Robinson. Governor of the Colony of Natal: Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer. State President of the Orange Free State: Jan Brand. State President of the South African Republic: Paul Kruger. Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope: Thomas Charles Scanlen (until 12 May), Thomas Upington (starting 12 May). 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 (Xhosa: The Native People's Opinion of South Africa), South Africa's first newspaper by and for Black people, is founded by John Tengo Jabavu in King William's Town.http://nhmsa.co.za/news/imvo-zabantsundu-a-brief-history/ Imvo Zabantsundu: a Brief History National Heritage Monument of South Africa website 10 February 2018 11 June 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180611020317/http://nhmsa.co.za/news/imvo-zabantsundu-a-brief-history/ dead 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 1 – The private Kowie Railway line between Grahamstown and Port Alfred is opened to traffic.The South African Railways - Historical Survey. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978, pp. 12–13. thumb|King Cetshwayo kaMpande Births Rolland Beaumont cricketer Deaths 8 February – Zulu king Cetshwayo. (b. 1826) Railways Railway lines opened thumb|CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0|279x279px 31 March – Cape Midland – Noupoort to De Aar, to link up with the Cape Western System, 69 mi 6 ch km 1 off.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. May – Natal – Pietermaritzburg to Merrivale, 15 mi 19 ch km 1 off.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 16 September – Cape Eastern – Sterkstroom to Molteno, 20 mi 69 ch km 1 off. 3 November – Cape Western – Victoria West Road to Oranjerivier, 150 mi 69 ch km 1 off. 1 December – Kowie – Port Alfred to Grahamstown, 44 mi km 1 off. thumb|CGR 4th Class 4-6-0TT|279x279px 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.35-36C.G.R. Numbering Revised, Article by Dave Littley, SA Rail May–June 1993, pp. 94–95. References 1884 in collapsed