1870 in South Africa
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[edit] Events
[edit] Births
- 24 May - Jan Christiaan Smuts, a South African statesman and soldier is born near Riebeeck West, in the Cape Colony
- 10 September - Gabriël Gideon Cillié, a professor and member of the head committee of the Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurverenigings, is born
[edit] Deaths
- 11 March - King Moshoeshoe I, seen as the father of the Basotho people and for creating Lesotho dies
