1824 in South Africa
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Events
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- AmaTlokwa besiege Basotho; they flee Butha Buthe and found Thaba Bosiu.
- Shaka grants land to British traders Farewell & Fynn, who exploit it for illicit trade.
- Traders falsely portray Shaka as a "barbaric despot" to push for British annexation.
- Cape traders settle at Port Natal.
- The Dutch Reformed Church holds its first synod.
- South Africa's first lighthouse is built at Green Point, Cape Town.
