1889 in South Africa

	1889 in South Africa
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List of years in South Africa

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.

Unknown date

• In Transvaal a national rugby team is formed.

Births

• 11 June – Moses Kottler, sculptor, is born in Joniskis, Lithuania.

Railways

Railway lines opened

• 23 April – Namaqualand – Braakpits Junction to Flat Mine, Concordia, 9 miles (14.5 kilometres).^[1][2]
• 4 September – Natal – Ladysmith to Glencoe Junction, 41 miles 5 chains (66.1 kilometres).^[1]

CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0

NZASM 10 Tonner 0-4-0T

• 21 October – Cape Western – Eerste River to Somerset West, 8 miles 79 chains (14.5 kilometres).^[3]

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.^[4]:37–39

Transvaal

Two locomotive types enter service on the newly established Nederlandsche-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorwegmaatschappij:

• Five 14 Tonner locomotives for use on its first railway line that is being constructed from Johannesburg to Boksburg.^{[4]:109–110}
• The first of three 10 Tonner tramway locomotives for use on this line that would become known as the Randtram line.^{[4]:109–112}

References

1. 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
2. Bagshawe, Peter (2012). Locomotives of the Namaqualand Railway and Copper Mines (1st ed.). Stenvalls. ISBN 978-91-7266-179-0.
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.
4. Holland, D.F. (1971). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways, Volume 1: 1859-1910 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-5382-0.