1894 in South Africa

Events

• 25 June - Paul Kruger, President of the Transvaal Republic, meets Sir Henry Loch, the British High Commissioner, in Pretoria to discuss the grievances of the Uitlanders
• 22 August - 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
• 2 November - The railway line between Lourenço Marques and Johannesburg is opened
• The Glen Grey Act is passed in the Cape Colony to control African labour and land

Births

• 12 March - Willem Lambertus van Warmelo, compiler of Afrikaanse Liedjies, is born in the Netherlands
• 23 August - A.A. Pienaar (Andries Albertus Pienaar, pen name Sangiro), in Broederstroom near Pretoria.