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{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2013}}{{Use South African English|date=November 2013}}{{Year in South Africa|1875}}The following lists events that happened during 1875 in South Africa. Incumbents- Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: Henry Barkly.
- Lieutenant-governor of the Colony of Natal: Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer.
- State President of the Orange Free State: Jan Brand.
- State President of the South African Republic: Thomas François Burgers.
- Lieutenant-Governor of Griqualand West: Richard Southey (until 3 August) William Owen Lanyon (until 3 August).
- Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope: John Charles Molteno.
Events- August
- 14 – The Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners (Association of True Afrikaners) is formed at the home of Gideon Malherbe in Paarl.
- Unknown date
- The Black Flag Rebellion is staged by white diamond diggers at Kimberley.
- The Molteno Government begins construction of two Midland railway lines from Swartkops in Port Elizabeth and from Uitenhage.[1]
- The Verlatenskloof pass in the Roggeveld Mountains, begun the previous year, is completed.[2]
Births{{Empty section|date=November 2013}}Deaths- 19 May - Christoffel Brand, politician, (b. 1797)
RailwaysNew lines- Construction begins on the Swartkops-Alicedale line.[1][4]
Railway lines opened- 11 May – Cape Western – Cape Town Docks to junction with mainline, {{convert|7|mi|1|ch|km|1|abbr=off}}.[3]
- 26 July – Cape Midland – Port Elizabeth to Addo, {{convert|31|mi|55|ch|km|1|abbr=off}}.[4]
- 22 September – Cape Midland – Swartkops to Uitenhage, {{convert|13|mi|46|ch|km|1|abbr=off}}.[4]
- 3 November – Cape Western – Wellington to Ceres Road, {{convert|39|mi|50|ch|km|1|abbr=off}}.[4]
LocomotivesThree new {{Track gauge|Cape|allk=on}} locomotive types enter service on the Cape Government Railways (CGR): - The first eight of twenty-seven 2nd Class 2-6-2 tank-and-tender locomotives on all three newly established regional systems, the Eastern System from East London, the Midland System from Port Elizabeth and the Western System from Cape Town.[1][5]{{rp|23–25}}[11]
- Three 1st Class 0-4-0 saddle-tank locomotives on the Midland and Eastern Systems.[11][6]{{rp|118–119}}[7]
- The first seven of eleven 1st Class 4-4-0 tank locomotives on the Western and Midland systems.[5]{{rp|25–26, 76–77}}[8]
References1. ^1 2 The South African Railways - Historical Survey. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978, p. 10.
2. ^http://www.samountainpasses.co.za/Home/WesternCape/Passes/KAROO/GannagaPass/tabid/548/Default.aspx
3. ^1 Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 181, ref. no. 200954-13
4. ^1 2 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.
5. ^1 {{Holland-Vol 1}}
6. ^{{Holland-Vol 2}}
7. ^Classification of S.A.R. Engines with Renumbering Lists, issued by the Chief Mechanical Engineer’s Office, Pretoria, January 1912, p. 17. (Reprinted in April 1987 by SATS Museum, R.3125-6/9/11-1000)
8. ^1 2 C.G.R. Numbering Revised, Article by Dave Littley, SA Rail May–June 1993, pp. 94-95.
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