← 1832 1831 1830 1833 in South Africa → 1834 1835 1836
Decades:	1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s
See also:	List of years in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1833 in South Africa .

Events

• David Hume, explorer and big-game hunter, becomes the first European to enter the country of the Bamangwato (Botswana).
• All slaves were emancipated in the British Empire. ^[1]
• Basotho kingdom under King Moshoeshoe repels attacks from mounted "Bergenaars" using horses and firearms, maintaining sovereignty. ^[2]
• Moshoeshoe invites Paris Evangelical Missionary Society missionaries to help modernize the state, and they establish villages along the frontier to reinforce authority.
• British Parliament passes the Abolition Act, ending slavery but introducing "apprenticeship" to prevent economic collapse.

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