The following lists events that happened during 1858 in South Africa.
Incumbents Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: Sir George Grey. Lieutenant-governor of the Colony of Natal: John Scott. State President of the Orange Free State: Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff. President of the Executive Council of the South African Republic: Marthinus Wessel Pretorius.
Events March 19 – Senekal's War breaks out between the Orange Free State and the Basotho tribe.
Births 6 December – Ernest Edward Galpin, botanist and banker. (d. 1941)
Deaths Cornelius Kok II, leader of the Griqua people. (b. 1778)
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