__NOTOC__ The following lists events that happened during 1837 in South Africa.
Events
Source: Potgieter and Uys attack Mzilikazi, driving him and the AmaNdebele beyond the Limpopo into present-day Zimbabwe. Voortrekker leader Piet Retief publishes his Manifesto which sets out the reasons the Voortrekkers are leaving the Cape Colony. Piet Retief and his followers leave the Cape Colony. 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. 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. Retief negotiates land with Zulu chief Dingane, offering cattle and rifles. The cattle is delivered, and the rifles withheld, causing Dingane to order Retief's execution. The Voortrekker Republic of Natalia begins to be established.
References
See Years in South Africa for list of References