1902 in South Africa

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

1902
in
South Africa

Decades:
  • 1880s
  • 1890s
  • 1900s
  • 1910s
  • 1920s
See also:

Incumbents

Cape Colony

Natal

Orange Free State / Orange River Colony

South African Republic / Transvaal

Events

February
March
  • 7 The Burghers win their last battle over British forces, with the capture of a British general and 200 of his men.
April
  • 4 The town Concordia in Namaqualand surrenders to Boer forces.[1]
  • 8 O'okiep is besieged by Boer forces under General Jan Smuts.[1][2]
May
December
Unknown date

Births

  • 1 January Buster Nupen, South African cricketer. (d. 1977)

Deaths

  • 26 March Cecil John Rhodes, businessman, mining magnate, imperialist and politician.
  • 2 May Jan Stephanus de Villiers, composer and organist, dies in Paarl.

Railways

Railway lines opened

Locomotives

Cape
Natal
  • The Natal Government Railways places ten Class F 4-6-4 Baltic type tank steam locomotives in service, the first known locomotive in the world to be designed and built as a Baltic. In 1912 they will be designated Class E on the SAR.[5]
  • The Natal Harbours Department places a single saddle-tank locomotive named Congella in service as harbour shunter in Durban Harbour.[7]
  • The Zululand Railway Company, contractors for the construction of the North Coast line from Verulam to the Tugela River, acquires two 2-6-0 Mogul type tender locomotives as construction engines, later to be designated Class I on the NGR.[5]
Transvaal
  • The Imperial Military Railways places forty Cape 8th Class 4-8-0 Mastodon type steam locomotives in service. In 1912 they will be designated Class 8A on the SAR.[5]

References

  1. Bagshawe, Peter (2012). Locomotives of the Namaqualand Railway and Copper Mines (1st ed.). Stenvalls. pp. 35–39. ISBN 978-91-7266-179-0.
  2. "South African History Online : O'okiep". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  3. Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 184, ref. no. 200954-13
  4. 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 31st December, 1909.
  5. Holland, D.F. (1971). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. 1: 1859–1910 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. pp. 43–44, 49–50, 56, 61–63, 96–98, 124–126. ISBN 978-0-7153-5382-0.
  6. Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 24–26, 41–44, 46–49, 82, 104, 111–112, 156–157. ISBN 0869772112.
  7. Holland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. pp. 124–126, 129, 140. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
  8. Dulez, Jean A. (2012). Railways of Southern Africa 150 Years (Commemorating One Hundred and Fifty Years of Railways on the Sub-Continent – Complete Motive Power Classifications and Famous Trains – 1860–2011) (1st ed.). Garden View, Johannesburg, South Africa: Vidrail Productions. p. 231. ISBN 9 780620 512282.
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