__NOTOC__ The following lists events that happened during 1844 in South Africa.
Events
Voortrekkers from Natal cross back over the Drakensberg Mountains and settle at Potchefstroom. The settlement of Victoria West is established The Voortrekker leader Hendrik Potgieter settles at Delagoa Bay, Mozambique Sir Peregrine Maitland becomes Governor of the Cape Colony. Fighting erupts between Boers and the Griqua as Boers reject the authority of Adam Kok III.
Births 5 October - Francis William Reitz, South African lawyer, politician, and statesman, president of the Orange Free State born in Swellendam, Cape Colony.
References See Years in South Africa for list of References