1896 in South Africa

1896 in South Africa

"See also:"
1895 in South Africa,
other events of 1896,
1896 in South African sport,
1897 in South Africa and the
Timeline of South African history.

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Events

* South Africa's first school of mines is opened in Kimberley (later to form the core of the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg)

January

* 2 January - Leander Starr Jameson and his forces surrender at Doornkop near Krugersdorp
* 6 January - Cecil Rhodes is forced to resign as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony for his involvement in the Jameson Raid

February

* 16 February - a train carrying 56 tons of dynamite explodes at Braamfontein, Johannesburg killing more than 78 people

May

* 13 May - The Franchise Bill is passed by Natal's Legislative Assembly disfranchising natives of other countries

June

* 5 June - Mahatma Gandhi embarks from Durban for Calcutta enroute to Bombay

August

* 6 August - Cape Town's first electric tram service begins operation along Adderley Street to Mowbray Hill

December

* 18 December - Mahatma Gandhi arrived back in Durban with his wife and two sons but the ship was placed under a 5 day quarantine because Bombay was declared a plague infected port. Quarantine was extended to 13 January 1897.

Births

* 12 January - Matthys Stefanus Benjamin Kritzinger, an Afrikaans literator and lexicographer, is born in the district of Carolina, Eastern Transvaal
* 1 February - Stephanus Le Roux Marais, organist, teacher and composer of Afrikaans songs, is born in the district of Bloemfontein
* 1 February - Ivan Mitford-Barberton, art teacher at the Michaelis School of Art in Cape Town and sculptor of several monuments in South Africa, is born in Somerset East
* April - Clements Kadalie, trade unionist, is born at Chifira, Nkhata Bay District, Nyasaland (now called Malawi)
* 3 May - Petrus Johannes Lemmer, composer of Afrikaans songs, is born in Hartbeesfontein, Transvaal

Deaths

* 17 September - Nicholaas Waterboer, Griqua chief and eldest son of Andries Waterboer , dies in Griquatown


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