1882 in South Africa

	1882 in South Africa
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List of years in South Africa

Events

May

• 9 – Paul Kruger becomes President of the South African Republic.
• 28 – Two ships, the Agnes (94 tonne) and the Christina (196 tonne), run ashore at Plettenberg Bay.

July

• 26 – The Stellaland Republic is declared.

September

• 2 – Kimberley becomes the first town in the southern hemisphere to install electric street lighting.
• 29 – 229 Norwegians settle at the mouth of the Umzimkulu River, founding Port Shepstone.

Unknown date

• In the Cape Colony the Dutch language is once again admitted as an official language alongside English.
• The Goshen Republic is declared.

Births

• 24 February – Jan Gysbert Hugo Bosman aka Bosman de Ravelli, concert pianist and composer, is born in Piketberg.

Railways

Railway lines opened

CGR 4th Class 4-6-0TT

Kowie Railway 4-4-0T

• 15 December – Cape Western – Wynberg to Muizenberg, 7 miles 31 chains (11.9 kilometres).^[1]

Locomotives

• Two new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the Cape Government Railways (CGR):
  • Six 2nd Class 4-4-0 "Wynberg Tank" locomotives on suburban passenger trains out of Cape Town.^[2]
  • The first 49 of 68 4th Class 4-6-0 tank-and-tender locomotives on the mainlines of all three systems.^{[2]:32–36, 81, 108[3]}
• Two new 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the private Kowie Railway which is under construction from Port Alfred to Grahamstown:
  • Two 0-6-0 tank locomotives in goods service.^[2]:80–83
  • Two 4-4-0 tank locomotives in passenger service.^[2]:80–83

References

1. 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.
2. Holland, D.F. (1971). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways, Volume 1: 1859-1910 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. pp. 36–37. ISBN 978-0-7153-5382-0.
3. C.G.R. Numbering Revised, Article by Dave Littley, SA Rail May–June 1993, pp. 94-95.