1834 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1834 in South Africa.

Events

• Cape officially emancipates all of the estimated 59,000 slaves in the colony.
• New Governor Sir Benjamin D'Urban establishes Executive and Legislative Councils. No elections, but debates are allowed, and laws require Council approval.
• Secret preparations for the Great Trek begin as armed Boer farmers plan to leave Cape Colony.

Births

• 20 January - Petrus Jacobus Joubert, a South African Republic Triumvirate member, is born near Cango in the Oudtshoorn district of Cape Colony
• 15 April - Thomas François Burgers, the 4th state president of the South African Republic, is born on Langefontein farm in the Camdeboo district of Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony

References

See Years in South Africa for list of References