1880 in South Africa
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See also: 1879 in South Africa, other events of 1880, 1881 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.
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- Griqualand West is annexed to Cape Colony
- Britain forms the first Legislative Council in the Transvaal
- The Afrikander Bond is established
- The Transvaal declares itself the South African Republic again
- Britain declares war against the South African Republic and starts the first Boer War
- The John N Gamewell, a small American brigantine sinks off the west coast of the colony near Port Elizabeth
- 20 March - £50,000 worth of diamonds are reported stolen from Cape Town's post office
- 23 April - Eugénie de Montijo, wife of Emperor Napoleon III of France, arrives in Durban to visit the grave of her son, Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial who was killed in Zululand during the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879
