__NOTOC__ The following lists events that happened during 1808 in South Africa.
Events The settlement of Clanwilliam is established Moravian missionaries receive Groenekloof farm for work among freed slaves & Khoikhoi. The slave trade is abolished. The Perseverance Tavern opens in Cape Town, becoming South Africa's oldest pub by the time it closes in 2020.
Births 31 January - Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff, the 2nd president of the Orange Free State from 1855 to 1859, is born in Kogmanskloof, Montagu.
References
See Years in South Africa for list of References