The following lists events that happened during 1880 in South Africa.

1880
in
South Africa

Decades:
See also:

Incumbents

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Events

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March
April
June
  • 15 – The Natal South Coast railway line from Durban is opened to traffic to Isipingo.
August
  • British Governor Bartle Frere is recalled to London to face charges of misconduct.
September
October
December
Unknown date

Births

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  • Cecilia Makiwane, first black woman to become a professional nurse in South Africa.
  • 23 December - John Hewitt, zoologist and archaeologist (d. 1961)

Deaths

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Railways

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CGR 4th Class 4-6-0TT
 
NGR Class K 0-6-0ST

Railway lines opened

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Locomotives

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  • The Cape Government Railways places the first nine of eighteen 4th Class 4-6-0 tank-and-tender locomotives in mainline service on its Midland System working out of Port Elizabeth and Eastern System working out of East London.[5][6]
  • The Natal Government Railways places a Class K 0-6-0 saddle-tank locomotive in service.[7][8]

References

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  1. ^ MetroRail History
  2. ^ a b 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
  3. ^ a b c 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."
  4. ^ The South African Railways - Historical Survey. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978, p. 16.
  5. ^ Holland, D.F. (1971). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 1: 1859–1910 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England: David & Charles. pp. 32–34. ISBN 978-0-7153-5382-0.
  6. ^ C.G.R. Numbering Revised, Article by Dave Littley, SA Rail May–June 1993, pp. 94–95.
  7. ^ Holland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England: David & Charles. pp. 126–127. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
  8. ^ NGR Class K of 1879, John Milne & no. 15