1837 in South Africa
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See also: 1836 in South Africa, other events of 1837, 1838 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.
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- Voortrekker Louis Trichardt arrives in Lourenco Marques, Mozambique
- Separate administrative districts are granted to Port Elizabeth, Cradock and Colesburg
- 17 January Voortrekkers under Andries Potgieter, Piet Uys and Gerrit Maritz, helped by Rolong and Griqua tribes, defeat Ndebele at Mosega
- 2 February - Voortrekker leader Piet Retief publishes his Manifesto which sets out the reasons why the Voortrekkers are leaving the Cape Colony
- 28 March - Piet Retief and his followers leave the Cape Colony
- 23 April - Piet Retief orders Erasmus Smit to be ordained as a minister of the Voortrekkers, but meets with opposition because they consider him as being too old and sickly at 59
- October - The voortrekkers under the leadership of Piet Retief arrived in Natal over the Drakensberg mountains after trekking overland from the Cape Colony during the Great Trek.
