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The following lists events that happened during 1808 in South Africa.

Events

  • The settlement of Clanwilliam is established
  • Moravian missionaries receive Groenekloof farm for work among freed slaves & Khoikhoi.
  • The slave trade is abolished.
  • The Perseverance Tavern opens in Cape Town, becoming South Africa's oldest pub by the time it closes in 2020.

Births

  • 31 January - Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff, the 2nd president of the Orange Free State from 1855 to 1859, is born in Kogmanskloof, Montagu.

References

See Years in South Africa for list of References