page_title: 1884 in South Africa
section_title: Events
hierarchical_section_title: 1884 in South Africa / Events
caption_attribution_description: English: Cetshwayo ka Mpande
context_page_description: The following lists events that happened during 1884 in South Africa.
context_section_description: April
  24 – Germany occupies German South-West Africa.
  July
  24 – Barberton is declared a town.
  August
  5 – The Republic of Vryheid is established in northern Natal.
  7 – Walvisbaai is occupied by the Cape Colony.
  November
  3 – Imvo Zabantsundu (Xhosa: The Native People's Opinion of South Africa), South Africa's first newspaper by and for Black people, is founded by John Tengo Jabavu in King William's Town.
  15 – The Berlin Conference commences when 14 countries (Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden-Norway, Turkey, and United States of America) meet in Berlin to each claim their part of Africa.
  December
  1 – The private Kowie Railway line between Grahamstown and Port Alfred is opened to traffic.
caption: King Cetshwayo kaMpande
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