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EVENTS

1700

An ordinance is proclaimed by the Cape Colony 's administration, restricting the importation of Asian slaves

Dlamini chiefdoms move south and settle north of the Phongolo River; thereby forming the core of the future Swazi nation

Free burghers are permitted to trade with the Khoikhoi chiefdoms

The colony's administration scraps its policy of forbidding the inland trek of migrant stock farmers or trekboers. The boundaries are extend north and include Winterberg, Witzenberg and Roodezand, later called Tulbagh

1702

3 April - The ''Merenstejin'', a Dutch merchant ship, sinks off Jutten Island on the west coast of the Cape Colony .

1707

17 January - Rev. E F Le Bourg , a parson of whom Batavia was glad to be rid, arrives in Cape Town . He enters politics and stirs up trouble

23 April - Willem Adriaan Van Der Stel , Governor Of The Cape , is recalled to the Netherlands

3 June - Johannes Cornelis D'Ablaing is appointed acting Governor of the Cape

1708

17 January - The Cape Council of Policy resolves to deport Rev. E F Le Bourg

1 February - Lodewijk Van Assenburgh is appointed Governor Of The Cape

BIRTHS

1700 - Hendrik Swellengrebel , Governor Of The Cape

DEATHS