__NOTOC__ The following lists events that happened during 1833 in South Africa.
Events David Hume, explorer and big-game hunter, becomes the first European to enter the country of the Bamangwato (Botswana). All slaves were emancipated in the British Empire. Basotho kingdom under King Moshoeshoe repels attacks from mounted "Bergenaars" using horses and firearms, maintaining sovereignty. Moshoeshoe invites Paris Evangelical Missionary Society missionaries to help modernize the state, and they establish villages along the frontier to reinforce authority. British Parliament passes the Abolition Act, ending slavery but introducing "apprenticeship" to prevent economic collapse.
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