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Voortrekker Louis Trichardt arrives in Lourenco Marques , Mozambique

Separate administrative districts are granted to Port Elizabeth , Cradock and Colesburg

17 January Voortrekkers under Andries Potgieter , Piet Uys and Gerrit Maritz , helped by Rolong and Griqua tribes, defeat Ndebele at Mosega

2 February - Voortrekker leader Piet Retief publishes his Manifesto which sets out the reasons why the Voortrekkers are leaving the Cape Colony

28 March - Piet Retief and his followers leave the Cape Colony

23 April - Piet Retief orders Erasmus Smit to be ordained as a minister of the Voortrekkers, but meets with opposition because they consider him as being too old and sickly at 59

October - The voortrekkers under the leadership of Piet Retief arrived in Natal over the Drakensberg mountains after trekking overland from the Cape Colony during the Great Trek .

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