1824 in South Africa
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See also: 1823 in South Africa, other events of 1824, 1825 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.
[edit] Events
- Bergenaar Rebellion
- George Thompson travels inland and names the Augrabies Falls the Cataract of King George
- A road is built through the Fransch Hoek Pass
- 30 January - Lord Charles Henry Somerset issues a proclamation prohibiting the use of Dutch in legal courts, starting on the 1 March
- 5 March - The South African Journal and the Zuid-Afrikaansche Tijdschrift is launched in Cape Town
- 27 August -Francis Farewell hoists the Union Jack at Port Natal after the Zulu king, Shaka, grants the port to establish a trading post
