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The following lists events that happened during 1894 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: Walter Hely-Hutchinson.
- 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.
- Prime Minister of the Colony of Natal: .
Events
;June
- 25 – Paul Kruger, President of the Transvaal Republic, meets British High Commissioner Sir Henry Loch in Pretoria to discuss the grievances of the Uitlanders.
;August
- 22 – The Natal Indian Congress is founded by Mahatma Gandhi.
;September
- Mahatma Gandhi becomes the first Indian to be enrolled as an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Natal.
;October
- 1 – The Owl Club of Cape Town, a dining club, has its first formal meeting.
- 20 – The railway line between Lourenço Marques and Pretoria is completed at Balmoral.
;November
- 18 – The railway line between Lourenço Marques and Pretoria is opened to traffic.
- 23 August – Andries Albertus Pienaar, author under the pen name Sangiro, born in Broederstroom. (d. 1979)
- 5 October – Bevil Rudd, South African athlete. (d. 1948)
Railways
Railway lines opened
- 3 October – Cape Western – Vryburg to Mafeking, .
- 18 November – Transvaal – Airlie to Pretoria, .
;Transvaal
- The Nederlandsche-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg-Maatschappij of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (Transvaal Republic) places three NZASM 32 Tonner 0-4-2RT| rack tank locomotives in service on the rack section between Waterval Onder and Waterval Boven.
