1682 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1682 in South Africa.

Incumbents

Governor of the Cape Colony - Simon van der Stel

Events

General Rijckloff van Goens orders Governor Simon van der Stel to oppose racial mixing at the Cape Colony. The Johanna, a British East Indiaman ship, departs Kent in England for Surat in India, under Captain Robert Brown. The Johanna wrecks off South Africa's coast at Outside Reef, near Quoin Point. The survivors of the wreck reach Cape Town with help from the locals. Simon van der Stel orders Olaf Bergh to recover the lost cargo. The VOC ends up retrieving 2,400 sterling pounds in coins, brandy, wine, and beer. The entrance to the Castle of Good Hope begins construction. The wine estate Coetsenburg is established.NEWTON-KING, SUSAN (1 August 2017). "Sodomy, Race and Respectability in Stellenbosch and Drakenstein, 1689 — 1762: The Story of a Family, Loosely Defined". Kronos (33): 6–44. JSTOR 41056580.

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