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30 – A British force abolishes the Boer republic of Stellaland and adds it to British Bechuanaland.

31 January – Marthinus Johannes de Jong, landscape painter, is born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

2 September – Cape Eastern – Molteno to Aliwal North, 69 miles 35 chains (111.7 kilometres).^[2]
28 November – Cape Western – Oranjerivier to Kimberley, 76 miles 70 chains (123.7 kilometres).<^[2]
21 December – Natal – Merrivale to Estcourt, 61 miles 50 chains (99.2 kilometres).^[3]

^ The South African Railways - Historical Survey. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978, p. 13.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 182, ref. no. 200954-13