1778 in South Africa

July 2025 The following lists events that happened during 1778 in South Africa. 1778 Incumbents Governor of the Cape of Good Hope - Joachim van Plettenberg Events The VOC extends the Cape Colony's eastern border to Greater Fish & Bushmans Rivers, triggering future anti-colonial wars.General South African History Timeline: 1700s South African History Online https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/general-south-african-history-timeline-1700s 2025-03-13 www.sahistory.org.zaThe Afro-European Wars in South Africa, 1780-1880 https://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/handle/11295/27018?utm_source=chatgpt.com Gcaleka theAmaXhosa chief dies. Ngqika succeeds under Ndlambe's regency. Rharhabe exploits the power vacuum but is banished to the north. Joachim van Plettenberg departs on an expedition to explore remote areas, encountering Khoikhoi after ten days. He erects a 2m slate beacon at a bay, renaming it Plettenberg Bay. Joachim van Plettenberg finds farmers in grassy plains, and notes the Khoikhoi are living on farms. He records the farmers' complaints about livestock theft by "Bushmen-Hottentots." The Cloete family begin ownership of Groot Constantia.Cloete era:1778-1885 – Slavery in South Africa https://slavery.iziko.org.za/cloeteera/ 2025-03-13 en-USSchutte G.J. https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/hendrik-cloete-groot-constantia-en-dieand-the-voc-1778-1799 Hendrik Cloete, Groot Constantia en die/and the VOC 1778-1799 2003 Van Riebeeck Vereniging 978-0-9584522-1-2 Van Riebeeck Society. Second series Kaapstad The sweet wines of Constantia receive international acclaim and became known throughout the world as “Constantia Wyn”.Interim era: 1714 -1778 – Slavery in South Africa https://slavery.iziko.org.za/interimera/ 2025-03-13 en-US References 1778 in