Events
- The Zulu king Shaka started extending his kingdom, destroying other tribes along the way
- James Read produced first SeTswana book
- Andries Waterboer was elected the Griqua captain at Griquatown
- 17 March - The first British settlers arrived in Table Bay, Cape Town on the "Nautilus" and the "Chapman"
- 1 May - The "Albury" reaches Cape Town bringing settlers to Albany, South Africa. They arrive in Algoa Bay on 15 May.
- 2 May - "La Belle Alliance" reached Cape Town. She is brought British settlers to Algoa Bay.
- 4000 British settlers started arriving in Algoa Bay (Port Elizabeth), they settled in Grahamstown and along the frontier
- Port Elizabeth named by Sir Rufane Donkin
- The settlement of Worcester established
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“A curious thing about atrocity stories is that they mirror, instead of the events they purport to describe, the extent of the hatred of the people that tell them.
Still, you can’t listen unmoved to tales of misery and murder.”
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“Since events are not metaphors, the literal-minded have a certain advantage in dealing with them.”
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