1842 in South Africa

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• War breaks out between the British and the Boers in Natal in the Battle of Congella.
• The Waterloo is wrecked in Table Bay with great loss of life.
• Cape Governor George Napier issues a proclamation against Boer incursions into Basotho and Griqua territories after appeals from Adam Kok III and Dr. John Philip.
• A severe drought in the Eastern Cape Colony leads to cattle theft by settlers and AmaXhosa, weakening the Stockenström's 1836 treaty system.