The following lists events that happened during 1850 in South Africa. Wesleyan settlers arrive in Natal The "Childe Herold", a British ship en route from...

The Union of South Africa (Dutch: Unie van Zuid-Afrika; Afrikaans: Unie van Suid-Afrika; pronunciation) was the historical predecessor to the present-day...

first diamond discovered in South Africa, the Eureka Diamond, was found at Hopetown. Hopetown was founded in 1850 when Sir Harry Smith extended the northern...

Utrecht is a town in the foothills of the Balele Mountains, in the northwestern corner of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Newcastle, Kwazulu-Natal's third-largest...

Anglo–Boer War, or South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer republics (the South African Republic and Orange...

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1850. 1850 (MDCCCL) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on...

Cannabis in South Africa is an indigenous plant with a rich historical, social, and cultural significance for various communities. South Africa’s cannabis...

Howick is a town located in the UMngeni Local Municipality of KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. The town is 1050 m above sea level, and about 88 kilometres...

(9 April 1850 – 16 November 1913) was a South African statesman. He was the sole Prime Minister of the Orange River Colony in South Africa, and when...

This is a timeline of the history of the area in present-day South Africa....