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Robert Moffat completes Old Testament Bible translation into Setswana

Approximately 157 Irish women arrive on the ship "Lady Kennaway", settle in British Kaffraria .

The first Legislative Council is selected in the Natal Colony

The Union Steamship Company wins the first mail contract for regular mail service between Britain and South Africa

6 January - MW Pretorius becomes the first President of the South African Republic (Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek)

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