1825 in South Africa
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Events
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- Slave and Khoikhoi uprising in Worcester district over rights.
- Colonial frontier extended to the Orange River.
- Rix dollar converted to British currency.
- Adam Kok II elected Kaptyn of Griquas and "Bergenaars".
Births
- 17 September - Donald Currie, shipping magnate and donor of the Currie Cups for rugby union and cricket, is born in Greenock, Scotland
- 10 October - Future South African president Stephanus Johannes Paul Kruger is born in Cradock, Cape Colony[2]
Deaths
- 31 January - Petrus Johannes Truter (77), explorer and official in the East India Company, dies in Swellendam
