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