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The following lists events that happened during 1902 in South Africa.

Incumbents

Cape Colony

  • Governor of the Cape of Good Hope: Walter Hely-Hutchinson.
  • Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope: John Gordon Sprigg.

Natal

  • Governor of the Colony of Natal: Henry Edward McCallum.
  • Prime Minister of the Colony of Natal: Albert Henry Hime.

Orange Free State / Orange River Colony

  • State President of the Orange Free State: Martinus Theunis Steyn (until 31 May).
  • Governor of the Orange River Colony and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner.
  • Lieutenant-Governor of the Orange River Colony: Hamilton Goold-Adams.

South African Republic / Transvaal

  • State President of the South African Republic: Paul Kruger (until 31 May) (in exile); Schalk Willem Burger (acting until 31 May).
  • Governor of the Transvaal and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner.
  • Lieutenant-Governor of the Transvaal: Sir Arthur Lawley.

Events

;February

  • 27 &ndash; Breaker Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria for the murder of Boer prisoners of war near Louis Trichardt.

;March

  • 7 &ndash; The Burghers win their last battle over British forces, with the capture of a British general and 200 of his men.

;April

  • 4 &ndash; The town Concordia in Namaqualand surrenders to Boer forces.
  • 8 &ndash; O'okiep is besieged by Boer forces under General Jan Smuts.

;May

  • 1 &ndash; Boer commandos use the locomotive Pioneer to propel a truck-load of dynamite into the besieged O'okiep.
  • 18 July &ndash; Natal &ndash; Tugela to Mhlatuze, .
  • 1 August &ndash; Cape Midland &ndash; Klipplaat to Willowmore, .
  • The last ten 7th Class 4-8-0 Mastodon type locomotives on the Eastern System. In 1912 they will be designated Class 7C on the SAR.
  • Three Type A 2-6-0 Mogul type steam locomotives, later to become Class NG7 on the SAR, on the Hopefield narrow gauge branchline that is being constructed from Kalbaskraal.
  • Two new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service with the East London and Table Bay Harbour Boards:
  • Two 0-6-0 saddle-tank locomotives enter shunting service at the East London Harbour.