1700s in South Africa
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1700
- An ordinance is proclaimed by the Cape ColonyCape ColonyThe Cape Colony, part of modern South Africa, was established by the Dutch East India Company in 1652, with the founding of Cape Town. It was subsequently occupied by the British in 1795 when the Netherlands were occupied by revolutionary France, so that the French revolutionaries could not take...
's administration, restricting the importation of Asian slaves - Dlamini chiefdoms move south and settle north of the Phongolo River; thereby forming the core of the future Swazi nation
- Free burghers are permitted to trade with the KhoikhoiKhoikhoiThe Khoikhoi or Khoi, in standardised Khoekhoe/Nama orthography spelled Khoekhoe, are a historical division of the Khoisan ethnic group, the native people of southwestern Africa, closely related to the Bushmen . They had lived in southern Africa since the 5th century AD...
chiefdoms - The colony's administration scraps its policy of forbidding the inland trek of migrant stock farmers or trekboers. The boundaries are extend north and include Winterberg, Witzenberg and Roodezand, later called TulbaghTulbaghTulbagh is a town in the Tulbagh valley and is situated in the Witzenberg Local Municipality, with the valley called "Die Land van Waveren" locally. Closest towns are Wolseley, Prince Alfred's Hamlet, Gouda and Ceres in the Boland district of the Western Cape Province, South Africa.The valley has...
1702
- 3 April - The Merenstejin, a DutchNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
merchant ship, sinks off Jutten Island on the west coast of the Cape ColonyCape ColonyThe Cape Colony, part of modern South Africa, was established by the Dutch East India Company in 1652, with the founding of Cape Town. It was subsequently occupied by the British in 1795 when the Netherlands were occupied by revolutionary France, so that the French revolutionaries could not take...
1706
- 28 February - Adam TasAdam TasAdam Tas was a community leader in the Cape Colony at the turn of the 17th century, and is best known for his role in the conflict between Cape Governor Willem Adriaan van der Stel and the "free burghers" at the Cape of Good Hope.- Overview :Adam Tas was born in Holland...
, a community leader in the Cape ColonyCape ColonyThe Cape Colony, part of modern South Africa, was established by the Dutch East India Company in 1652, with the founding of Cape Town. It was subsequently occupied by the British in 1795 when the Netherlands were occupied by revolutionary France, so that the French revolutionaries could not take...
, is jailed for drafting a petition accusing local VOCDutch East India CompanyThe Dutch East India Company was a chartered company established in 1602, when the States-General of the Netherlands granted it a 21-year monopoly to carry out colonial activities in Asia...
officials of corruption and money laundering
1707
- 17 January - Rev. E F Le Bourg, a parson of whom Batavia was glad to be rid, arrives in Cape TownCape TownCape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...
. He enters politics and stirs up trouble - 23 April - Willem Adriaan van der StelWillem Adriaan van der StelWillem Adriaan van der Stel was appointed as extraordinary Council of the Dutch Indies, and Governor of the Cape Colony, a way station for the Dutch East India Company , from January 23, 1699 to 1707...
, Governor of the Cape Colony, is recalled to the NetherlandsNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
as a direct result of Adam TasAdam TasAdam Tas was a community leader in the Cape Colony at the turn of the 17th century, and is best known for his role in the conflict between Cape Governor Willem Adriaan van der Stel and the "free burghers" at the Cape of Good Hope.- Overview :Adam Tas was born in Holland...
's petition - 3 June - Johannes Cornelis D'Ablaing is appointed acting Governor of the Cape
1708
- 17 January - The Cape Council of Policy resolves to deport Rev. E F Le Bourg
- 1 February - Lodewijk van Assenburgh is appointed Governor of the Cape