1889 in South Africa

none August 2020 November 2013 1889 The following lists events that happened during 1889 in South Africa. Incumbents Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: Hercules Robinson then Henry Brougham Loch. Governor of the Colony of Natal: until 5 June: Arthur Elibank Havelock. 5 June – 1 December: vacant starting 1 December: Charles Bullen Hugh Mitchell. State President of the Orange Free State: Pieter Jeremias Blignaut (until 10 January), Francis William Reitz (starting 10 January). State President of the South African Republic: Paul Kruger. Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope: John Gordon Sprigg. Events March 13 – The Potchefstroom treaty is signed by Paul Kruger and F.W. Reitz, the respective Presidents of the South African Republic (ZAR) and the Orange Free State. The treaty binds each state to assist the other whenever either is unjustly attacked. October 29 – The British South Africa Company receives a Royal Charter.Palmer Alan Palmer Veronica 1992 The Chronology of British History Century Ltd London 315–316 0-7126-5616-2 Unknown date In Transvaal a national rugby team is formed. Births 16 March – Reggie Walker, 1908 Olympic champion in the 100 metres. (d. 1951) Railways Railway lines opened 23 April – Namaqualand – Braakpits Junction to Flat Mine, Concordia, 9 mi 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 4 September – Natal – Ladysmith to Glencoe Junction, 41 mi 5 ch km 1 off. 21 October – Cape Western – Eerste River to Somerset West, 8 mi 79 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. thumb|CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 Locomotives Cape The Cape Government Railways places twenty-four 3rd Class 4-4-0 American type tender locomotives in passenger service on the Cape Western System, the first stock locomotives to be built in quantity to detailed designs prepared in the Cape Colony.37–39, 109–112 Transvaal thumb|NZASM 10 Tonner 0-4-0T Three locomotive types enter service on the newly established Nederlandsche-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorwegmaatschappij: The first of three 10 Tonner tramway locomotives for use on its first railway line which is being constructed from Johannesburg to Boksburg. One 13 Tonner locomotive for use on this line which would become known as the Randtram line.Espitalier, T.J.; Day, W.A.J. (1944). The Locomotive in South Africa - A Brief History of Railway Development. Chapter IV - The N.Z.A.S.M.. South African Railways and Harbours Magazine, October 1944. pp. 761–764. Five 14 Tonner locomotives for use on the Randtram line. References 1889 in collapsed