1740s in South Africa
See also: 1730s in South Africa, other events of 1740s, 1750s in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.
Events
1742
- 25 January - Adriaan Valckenier, Governor-General of the Dutch East India Company, is arrested in Cape Town on sundry charges
1743
- The Governor-General of the Dutch East India Company, Von Imhoff visits the Cape
- - Simon's Bay is chosen to be used as a harbour between mid-May and mid-August because of the damage caused by the winter storms in Table Bay
- - A Dutch Reformed Church is established in Roodezand (Tulbagh)
1744
- 5 March - Georg Schmidt, the first Protestant missionary in South Africa, who worked with the Khoikhoi, returns to Europe
1745
- The Dutch East India Company established a magistracy at Swellendam
- The Dutch Reformed Church establish a congregation in Swartland (Malmesbury)
1747
- 22 February - A day of prayer and fasting is held for the elimination of the locust plague from Table Valley
- 26 October - Swellendam is founded. The oldest existing Drostdy (magistrate's residence) is built in the town
Births
- 30 April 1749 - Jacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist, commissioner-general at the Cape, is born