1873 in South Africa

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	1873 in South Africa
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Years in South Africa

Events

• Griqualand West is established as a British colony
  • The first telephone exchange in South Africa is introduced in Port Elizabeth^{[incorrectly dated]}
• 1 May - The use of Dutch is officially allowed in the Cape Colony's parliament
• The University of South Africa is founded in Cape Town, as the University of the Cape of Good Hope
• 14 May - The Ohrigstad area in the Lydenburg district of Transvaal is proclaimed as a public gold field after the discovery of gold in the Selati River
• 5 June - New Rush is renamed Kimberley
• The town of East London is officially created, through the proclaimed merger of the three settlements of Panmure, East London and East London East
• 20 August - Prime Minister John Molteno begins construction of the new Eastern Cape Railway Line, from East London

Births

• 13 August - Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, playwright, poet, journalist, politician and author of the old South African's anthem "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika", is born near Ladismith in the Cape Colony
• 20 August - William Henry Bell, musician, composer and first director of the South African College of Music, is born in St Albans, southern Hertfordshire, England
• 10 September - Daniël de Waal, judge president of the Transvaal, is born in Stellenbosch

Deaths

• 1 May - David Livingstone is found dead on his knees beside his bed at Lake Bangweolo, Zambia