The following lists events that happened during 1853 in South Africa. Events The 8th Cape Frontier War ends The settlement of Hopetown is established Nicholaas Waterboer, eldest son of Andries Waterboer succeeds as Griqua captain The settlement of Queenstown is established The settlement of Seymour is established The Union Steamship Line is founded the right to vote is granted to every property-owning male (including Africans) in the Cape Province. This right was abolished with the introduction of Apartheid in 1948 Births 20 August - Jan Ernst Abraham Volschenk, landscape painter, is born near Riversdale, Cape Colony Deaths 23 July - Andries Pretorius (54), Voortrekker leader References See Years in South Africa for list of References History of South Africa