__NOTOC__ The following lists events that happened during 1834 in South Africa.
Events
Cape officially emancipates all of the estimated 59,000 slaves in the colony. New Governor Sir Benjamin D'Urban establishes Executive and Legislative Councils. No elections, but debates are allowed, and laws require Council approval. Secret preparations for the Great Trek begin as armed Boer farmers plan to leave Cape Colony.
Births 20 January - Petrus Jacobus Joubert, a South African Republic Triumvirate member, is born near Cango in the Oudtshoorn district of Cape Colony 15 April - Thomas François Burgers, the 4th state president of the South African Republic, is born on Langefontein farm in the Camdeboo district of Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony
References
See Years in South Africa for list of References