1883 in South Africa
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Events
- April
- 16 – Paul Kruger is re-elected president of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek.
- May
- 9 – Paul Kruger is sworn in as president of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek.
- August
- 6 – The United States of Stellaland is established when the Republics of Stellaland and Goshen unite.
- 12 – The last Quagga in the world dies in captivity at the Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam, making the species extinct.
Deaths
- 9 August – Robert Moffat, Scottish Congregationalist missionary, dies in Leigh near Tunbridge Wells, England.
Railways
Railway lines opened
- 5 May – Cape Western – Muizenberg to Kalkbaai, 1 mile 45 chains (2.5 kilometres).[1]
- 14 May – Cape Western – Beaufort West to Victoria West Road, 80 miles 41 chains (129.6 kilometres).[1]
- 15 October – Cape Eastern – Queenstown to Sterkstroom, 35 miles 28 chains (56.9 kilometres).[1]
- 16 October – Cape Midland – Cradock to Colesberg, 126 miles 19 chains (203.2 kilometres).[1]
Locomotives
- Eighteen 3rd Class 4-4-0 tender passenger locomotives are delivered to the Cape Government Railways from Neilson and Company and placed in passenger service out of Cape Town, East London and Port Elizabeth respectively.[2][3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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.
- ↑ Holland, D.F. (1971). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways, Volume 1: 1859-1910 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. pp. 37–38, 106–108. ISBN 978-0-7153-5382-0.
- ↑ Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. p. 17. ISBN 0869772112.
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