1852 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1852 in South Africa.

January

 * 17 January – The South African Republic is established with the signing of the Sand River Convention

February

 * 26 February – The British troopship, HMS Birkenhead (1845) is wrecked near Gansbaai, Western Cape

March

 * 16 March – Voortrekker leaders, Andries Pretorius and Hendrik Potgieter reconcile

Unknown date

 * Copper mining begins at Springbokfontein

Deaths

 * 25 June – Ludwig Heinrich Beil, musician and botanist, dies in Keurbooms River near Plettenberg Bay
 * 16 December – Hendrik Potgieter, (59), Voortrekker leader, dies in Zoutpansbergdorp