1809 in South Africa

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The following lists events that happened during 1809 in South Africa.

Events

• The governor of the Cape, the Earl of Caledon, declares that the Khoikhoi had to have a fixed residence and could not migrate between regions without written authority (Hottentot Proclamation).
• Gola's Xhosa community settles at Pramberg.
• A severe drought occurs in the eastern frontier area.
• More Xhosa clans push westward into the neutral zone between the Sundays and the Great Fish Rivers. The British send in seasoned troops.
• Dingiswayo (formerly Gogongwana) takes chieftainship from his brother, proclaims himself Chief of the AmaMthethwa, and rules autocratically.

Deaths

• Jobe of the AmaMthethwa.