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The following lists events that happened during 1891 in South Africa.

Incumbents

  • Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa:Henry Brougham Loch.
  • Governor of the Colony of Natal: Charles Bullen Hugh Mitchell.
  • State President of the Orange Free State: Francis William Reitz.
  • State President of the South African Republic: Paul Kruger.
  • Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope: Cecil John Rhodes.

Events

;January

  • 12 &ndash; Mahatma Gandhi passes the Bar examination in England.

;June

  • 11 &ndash; Britain and Portugal agree on territory in East Africa at the Anglo-Portuguese Convention in Lisbon.

Births

Deaths

Railways

thumb|[[CGR 5th Class 4-6-0 1891|CGR 5th Class 4-6-0]]

thumb|[[NGR Class K 0-4-0ST]]

thumb|[[NZASM 19 Tonner 0-4-2T]]

Railway lines opened

  • 10 February &ndash; Transvaal &ndash; Roodepoort to Krugersdorp, .
  • 7 April &ndash; Natal &ndash; Newcastle to Charlestown, .
  • Thirty CGR 5th Class 4-6-0 1891| 4-6-0 tender locomotives in mainline service on all three Cape Systems.

;Transvaal

  • The Nederlandsche-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg-Maatschappij (NZASM) places the first of twenty-four 19 Tonner tank steam locomotives in service.