← 1857 1856 1855 1858 in South Africa → 1859 1860 1861
Decades:	1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s
See also:	List of years in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1858 in South Africa.

Contents

• Incumbents
• Events
• Births
• Deaths
• References

Incumbents

• Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: Sir George Grey. ^{[1] [2]}
• Lieutenant-governor of the Colony of Natal: John Scott.
• State President of the Orange Free State: Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff. ^[3]
• President of the Executive Council of the South African Republic: Marthinus Wessel Pretorius. ^[4]

Events

March

• 19 – Senekal's War breaks out between the Orange Free State and the Basotho tribe. ^[5]

Births

• 6 December – Ernest Edward Galpin, botanist and banker. (d. 1941)

Deaths

• Cornelius Kok II, leader of the Griqua people. (b. 1778)

References