1808 in South Africa
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Events
- The settlement of Clanwilliam is established
- Moravian missionaries receive Groenekloof farm for work among freed slaves & Khoikhoi.[1]
- 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.
