__NOTOC__ The following lists events that happened during 1815 in South Africa.
Events Shaka becomes king of the Zulus Colonial army crushes Slachter's Nek Rebellion. Gov. Lord Somerset forces Ngqika into alliance to prevent cattle raiding. 30 May - The Arniston, a British troop transport East Indiaman, is wrecked at Waenhuiskrans near Cape Agulhas while returning from the British campaigns in Ceylon
Births 12 March - Cornelis Moll, founder of the first Natal newspaper De Natalier, is born as the 24th child in Cape Town
Deaths
29 December - Saartjie Baartman, the "Hottentot Venus", dies in Paris.
References
See Years in South Africa for list of References