1841 in South Africa
# 1841 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1841 in South Africa.

## Events

* Missionary David Livingstone arrives in the Cape Colony and proceeds to Kuruman before journeying through Central Africa.
* Voortrekkers set up a council in Potchefstroom

## Deaths

* 1 May - Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin, acting Governor of the Cape Colony who supervised the arrival and settling of the British settlers and who founded Port Elizabeth, dies in Southampton, England
