1824 in South Africa

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The following lists events that happened during 1824 in South Africa.

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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.

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