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- Incumbents
- Events
- Births
- Deaths
- Railways Railway lines opened Locomotives
- References
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2013}}{{Use South African English|date=October 2013}}{{Year in South Africa|1883}}The following lists events that happened during 1883 in South Africa. Incumbents- Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: Hercules Robinson.
- 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: Triumviate of Paul Kruger, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius and Piet Joubert (until 9 May), Paul Kruger (starting 9 May).
- Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope: Thomas Charles Scanlen.
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.
- July
- 22 – Zulu King Cetshwayo barely escapes with his life in a rebel attack.
- 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.
Births- February – Zakea Dolphin Mangoaela, Basotho folklorist and writer. (d. 1963)
Deaths- 9 August – Robert Moffat, Scottish Congregationalist missionary. Dies in Leigh near Tunbridge Wells, England.
RailwaysRailway lines opened- 5 May – Cape Western – Muizenberg to Kalkbaai, {{convert|1|mi|45|ch|km|1|abbr=off}}.[1]
- 14 May – Cape Western – Beaufort West to Victoria West Road, {{convert|80|mi|41|ch|km|1|abbr=off}}.[1]
- 15 October – Cape Eastern – Queenstown to Sterkstroom, {{convert|35|mi|28|ch|km|1|abbr=off}}.[1]
- 16 October – Cape Midland – Cradock to Colesberg, {{convert|126|mi|19|ch|km|1|abbr=off}}.[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]
References1. ^1 2 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 31 December 1909.
2. ^{{Holland-Vol 1|pages=37-38, 106-108}}
3. ^{{Paxton-Bourne|page=17}}
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