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The following events happened in South Africa during the year 1887.

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: Paul Kruger.
  • Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope: John Gordon Sprigg.

Events

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  • 21 &ndash; The Nederlandsche-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg-Maatschappij (NZASM) is floated.
  • 21 &ndash; Zululand becomes a British colony.

;Unknown date

  • The town of Boksburg is laid out to serve the surrounding gold mines.
  • The Stellenbosch Gymnasium, later to become the Stellenbosch University, changes its name to Victoria College, after Queen Victoria.

Deaths

  • 29 May &ndash; Xhosa chief Sandile is killed in Denge Forest in a skirmish with the Fingos under the command of Captain J. Lonsdale.

Railways

New lines

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  • Construction begins on the Delagoa Bay-Pretoria line.

Locomotives

  • The Lourenco Marques, Delagoa Bay and East Africa Railway in Mozambique places two 4-6-0 tank locomotives in service, one of which will become the Portuguese Tank on the Pretoria-Pietersburg Railway in 1897.

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