1837 in South Africa
The following lists events that happened during 1837 in South Africa.
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Events
- Voortrekker Louis Trichardt arrives in Lourenço Marques, Mozambique
- Separate administrative districts are granted to Port Elizabeth, Cradock and Colesberg
- 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 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.
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References
See Years in South Africa for list of References
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