1887 in South Africa

none November 2025 June 2021 December 2013 1887 The following events happened in South Africa during the year 1887. 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: John Gordon Sprigg. Events June 21 – The Nederlandsche-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg-Maatschappij (NZASM) is floated.The South African Railways - Historical Survey. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978, p. 19. 21 – Zululand becomes a British colony. Unknown date The town of Boksburg is laid out to serve the surrounding gold mines. The Stellenbosch Gymnasium, later to become the Stellenbosch University, changes its name to Victoria College, after Queen Victoria. Deaths 29 May – Xhosa chief Sandile is killed in Denge Forest in a skirmish with the Fingos under the command of Captain J. Lonsdale. Railways New lines thumb|Lourenco Marques, Delagoa Bay and East Africa Railway 4-6-0T Construction begins on the Delagoa Bay-Pretoria line. Railway lines opened October – Cape Central – Worcester to Roodewal, 42 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 Locomotives The Lourenco Marques, Delagoa Bay and East Africa Railway in Mozambique places two 4-6-0 tank locomotives in service, one of which will become the Portuguese Tank on the Pretoria-Pietersburg Railway in 1897.118-119 References 1887 in collapsed