1824 in South Africa

Events

• Bergenaar Rebellion
• George Thompson travels inland and names the Augrabies Falls the Cataract of King George
• A road is built through the Fransch Hoek Pass
• 30 January - Lord Charles Henry Somerset issues a proclamation prohibiting the use of Dutch in legal courts, starting on the 1 March
• 5 March - The South African Journal and the Zuid-Afrikaansche Tijdschrift is launched in Cape Town
• 27 August -Francis Farewell hoists the Union Jack at Port Natal after the Zulu king, Shaka, grants the port to establish a trading post