The following lists events that happened during 1803 in
South Africa.
Events
February – The
3rd Cape Frontier War ends with an inconclusive peace that is arranged between the British administrators of the Cape Colony and the
Xhosa before handing the Cape back to the Dutch[1]
Advocate A de Mist is elevated to the rank of Commissioner-General to receive the colony from Britain. He is also instructed to establish a new system of government for the Cape.
A mail service between Cape Town and Algoa Bay, present day
Port Elizabeth, is inaugurated.