__NOTOC__ The following lists events that happened during 1831 in South Africa.
Events The first issue of Grahamstown Journal is printed
Births 5 May – Gezina Susanna Fredricka Wilhelmina du Plessis, who later married South African Republic general and future politician Paul Kruger, and had seven daughters and nine sons with him, is born.
References See Years in South Africa for list of References