title: 1828 in South Africa
text: # 1828 in South Africa
  
  The following lists events that happened during 1828 in South Africa.
  
  ## Events
  
  * Shaka leads the Zulu army south in a number of raids against the Pondos
  * Dingaan overthrows his half brother, Shaka to become king of the Zulus
  * The vagrancy and pass laws are abolished in the Cape Colony
  
  ## Births
  
  * 9 May – Andrew Murray, author, educationist and pastor, is born in Cape Town
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * 22 September – Shaka is murdered by his half brother, Dingaan who then becomes king of the Zulus
  