1700s in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during the 1700s in South Africa.

• An ordinance is proclaimed by the Cape Colony’s administration, restricting the importation of Asian slaves

• 3 April—The Merenstejin, a Dutch merchant ship, sinks off Jutten Island on the west coast of the Cape Colony

• 28 February—Adam Tas, a community leader in the Cape Colony, is jailed for drafting a petition accusing local VOC officials of corruption and money laundering

• 17 January—Rev. E.F. Le Bourg, a parson of whom Batavia was glad to be rid, arrives in Cape Town. He enters politics and stirs up trouble
• 3 June—Johan Cornelis d'Ableing is appointed acting Governor of the Cape Colony

• 17 January—The Cape Council of Policy resolves to deport Rev. E.F. Le Bourg
• 1 February—Louis van Assenburgh is appointed Governor of the Cape

• 1700—Hendrik Swellengrebel, later governor of the Dutch Cape Colony, is born in Cape Town on 20 September

See Years in South Africa for list of References