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The following lists events that happened during 1858 in South Africa.

Incumbents

  • Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: Sir George Grey.
  • Lieutenant-governor of the Colony of Natal: John Scott.
  • State President of the Orange Free State: Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff.
  • President of the Executive Council of the South African Republic: Marthinus Wessel Pretorius.

Events

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  • 19 &ndash; Senekal's War breaks out between the Orange Free State and the Basotho tribe.

Births

  • 6 December &ndash; Ernest Edward Galpin, botanist and banker. (d. 1941)

Deaths

  • Cornelius Kok II, leader of the Griqua people. (b. 1778)

References