1700s in South Africa
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See also: 18th century in South Africa, other events of 1700s, 1710s in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.
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[edit] Events
[edit] 1700
- An ordinance is proclaimed by the Cape Colony's administration, restricting the importation of Asian slaves
- Dlamini chiefdoms move south and settle north of the Phongolo River; thereby forming the core of the future Swazi nation
- Free burghers are permitted to trade with the Khoikhoi chiefdoms
- The colony's administration scraps its policy of forbidding the inland trek of migrant stock farmers or trekboers. The boundaries are extend north and include Winterberg, Witzenberg and Roodezand, later called Tulbagh
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[edit] 1706
- 28 February - Adam Tas, a community leader in the Cape Colony, is jailed for drafting a petition accusing local VOC officials of corruption
[edit] 1707
- 17 January - Rev. E F Le Bourg, a parson of whom Batavia was glad to be rid, arrives in Cape Town. He enters politics and stirs up trouble
- 23 April - Willem Adriaan van der Stel, Governor of the Cape, is recalled to the Netherlands as a direct result of Adam Tas's petition
- 3 June - Johannes Cornelis D'Ablaing is appointed acting Governor of the Cape
[edit] 1708
- 17 January - The Cape Council of Policy resolves to deport Rev. E F Le Bourg
- 1 February - Lodewijk van Assenburgh is appointed Governor of the Cape
[edit] Births
- 1700 - Hendrik Swellengrebel, Governor of the Cape
