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 1874
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The following lists events that happened during 1874 in South Africa.

Incumbents

Events

May
Unknown date
  • Work begins on the Cape Parliamentary buildings (the current South African houses of Parliament).
  • The Cape Government passes legislation to begin government funding of education and colleges.[5]
  • The South African Teachers' Association is established in the Cape.
  • The railway line from Port Elizabeth to Uitenhage is partially opened.
  • Work is begun on the Verlatenkloof pass, connecting the town of Sutherland with the southern Cape.[6]
  • The Molteno Government of the Cape passes a parliamentary act to redraw the provincial boundaries of the Cape Colony, from two provinces (Eastern and Western Cape) to seven.
  • The Molteno Regulations establish the South African public library system.[7]
  • The Burgerspond, the South African Republic's first coin, is introduced.

Births

  • 4 July? – Moloko Temo, South African supercentenarian. (d. 2009)

Deaths

Railways

Table Bay Harbour Board 0-4-0T

Locomotives

  • A single 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Cape gauge 0-4-0 saddle-tank locomotive is placed in railway construction service on the Midland System of the Cape Government Railways.[8]
  • A third locomotive enters service on breakwater construction work at Table Bay Harbour, a 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) Brunel gauge 0-4-0 side-tank engine built by Fletcher, Jennings & Co.[9]: 115–117 

References

  1. ↑ Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices, Orange Free State: Heads of State: 1854-1902 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
  2. ↑ Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices, South African Republic (Transvaal): Heads of State: 1857-1877 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
  3. ↑ The British Empire: Griqualand West Administrators (Accessed on 16 April 2017)
  4. ↑ Geni: Kmdt. Gert Andries Jacobus Alberts, b1c5d3e1 (Accessed on 17 April 2017)
  5. ↑ South African History Online: Amersfoort Legacy - History of education in South Africa (Accessed on 17 April 2017)
  6. ↑ "Gannaga Pass".
  7. ↑ Friis, T. 1962. The public library in South Africa - an evaluative study. Cape Town: Afrikaanse Pers-Boekhandel. p.69
  8. ↑ C.G.R. Numbering Revised, Article by Dave Littley, SA Rail May–June 1993, pp. 94-95.
  9. ↑ Holland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
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