← 1833 1832 1831 1834 in South Africa → 1835 1836 1837
Decades:	1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s
See also:	List of years in South Africa

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

Contents

• Events
• Births
• References

Events

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• Cape officially emancipates all of the estimated 59,000 slaves in the colony. ^[1]
• New Governor Sir Benjamin D'Urban establishes Executive and Legislative Councils. No elections, but debates are allowed, and laws require Council approval. ^[1]
• Secret preparations for the Great Trek begin as armed Boer farmers plan to leave Cape Colony. ^[1]

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

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