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See also: 1869 in South Africa, other events of 1870, 1871 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.

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[edit] Events

• The construction of Alfred Dock is completed Table Bay, Cape Town

[edit] Births

• 24 May - Jan Christiaan Smuts, a South African statesman and soldier is born near Riebeeck West, in the Cape Colony
• 10 September - Gabriël Gideon Cillié, a professor and member of the head committee of the Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurverenigings, is born

[edit] Deaths

• 11 March - King Moshoeshoe I, seen as the father of the Basotho people and for creating Lesotho dies