The following lists events that happened during the 1710s in South Africa. Events 1711 28 December - Willem Helot is appointed acting Governor of the Cape Colony 1713 16 March - A smallpox epidemic broke out at the Cape Colony 1714 28 March - Maurits Pasques de Chavonnes is appointed Governor of the Cape 1717 The system of freehold title to land in the Cape ends Deaths 27 December 1711 - Louis van Assenburgh, Governor of the Cape, dies 24 June 1712 - Simon van der Stel, Governor of the Cape, died at his estate in Constantia, Cape Colony References See Years in South Africa for list of references. History of South Africa