1730s in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during the 1730s in South Africa. Jan de la Fontaine continues as Governor of the Cape Colony. == Events == === 1730 === The Dutch East India Company imports slaves from Mozambique and Zanzibar The first trekboers reach the George area, trek inland into Langkloof 8 March - Jan de la Fontaine becomes Governor of the Cape Colony 8 April - The first Jewish congregation consecrates their synagogue Phalo becomes ruler of the AmaXhosa, but rivalry between his sons ended up causing political rifts. A Dutch commando kills six Khoi-San, captures a woman and three children. This is the first recorded instance of indigenous women and children taken as war captives for forced labor. The VOC abandons Delagoa Bay after its failed occupation, and 103 soldiers return to the Cape Colony. The French language disappears from the Huguenot immigrants within two generations, an unprecedented event in French emigration history. The Little Karoo valley is reached by the Dutch South Africans. The economic fortunes and profits of the VOC start to decline.Over the next 50 years, 4 million guilders is drawn from the Asia capital stock, a liquid capital in Europe decreases by 20 million guilders during the same period. === 1732 === The Trek Boers, the first Dutch farmers, settled along the Olifants River === 1733 === Matthias Lotter, master Gold and Silver Smith arrives at the Cape. === 1734 === Jan de la Fontaine, Governor of the Cape, claims Mossel Bay for the Dutch East India Company and the Great Brak River is proclaimed the eastern boundary of Cape The VOC establishes an administrative post at Rietvlei. VOC outposts are established at Riviersonderend and St Helena Bay. The Great Brak River is declared the eastern boundary of the Cape Colony. Jan de la Fontaine colonizes Mossel Bay by erecting a stone beacon with the VOC and Dutch Republic coats of arms. Jan Smiesing, a former slave and schoolteacher, dies. === 1736 === 14 November Adriaan van Kervel is appointed Governor of the Cape Phalo becomes King of the Xhosa Nation === 1737 === 21 May - Nine ships are wrecked in a gale in Table Bay with a loss of 208 lives 9 July - George Schmidt, the first Protestant missionary (Moravian Brethren) in southern Africa, arrives at the Cape 20 September - Daniël van den Henghel is appointed acting Governor of the Cape 18 December - The first Moravian mission station in South Africa is established in Genadendal near present-day Caledon by George Schmidt, "The Apostle of the Hottentots" === 1739 === 1 March - Etienne Barbier's insurrection at Paarl 1 April Hendrik Swellengrebel becomes the first South African-born governor when he is appointed Governor of the Cape == Deaths == 1733 - Willem Adriaan van der Stel, Governor of the Cape, dies 1737 - Adriaan van Kervel, Governor of the Cape, dies == References == == Bibliography == See Years in South Africa for further sources.