1813 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1813 in South Africa.

Events

 * Adam Kok III's people assert the name Griqua
 * Court proceedings are now opened to the public in the Cape Colony
 * A Dutch Reformed Church is established in George
 * 2 November - Lord Charles Henry Somerset is appointed Governor of the Cape

Births

 * 19 March - David Livingstone, explorer and missionary, is born in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
 * 1 May 1813 - João Albasini, an Italian trader, Bantu commissioner and the white chief of the Magwamba tribe, is born in Portugal