1722

• Groot Constantia
  Groot Constantia
  Groot Constantia is the oldest wine estate in South Africa and national monument in the suburb of Constantia in Cape Town, South Africa."Groot" in Dutch and Afrikaans translates as "great" in English.-History:...
  
   was built
• 17 January - Sampson and Amstelveer, richly laden, are wrecked on the southern coast, beginning a disastrous year for Dutch ships in South Africa
• 17 June - A gale lasting several days drives away ten ships laying at anchor in Table Bay
  Table Bay
  Table Bay is a natural bay on the Atlantic Ocean overlooked by Cape Town and is at the northern end of the Cape Peninsula, which stretches south to the Cape of Good Hope. It was named because it is dominated by the flat-topped Table Mountain.Bartolomeu Dias was the first European to explore this...
  
   harbour. All the ships sank, and 660 people lost their lives

1724

• 14 February - An expedition leaves Cape Town
  Cape Town
  Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...
  
   to establish ports along the east coast. The members reach Delagoa Bay and build a fort, but are later raided by English pirates
• 8 September - Jan de la Fontaine provisionally becomes Governor of the Cape Colony

1728

• 28 April - Jan de la Fontaine is again appointed provisional Governor of the Cape
• 3 July - The ship Middenmark is driven on the rocks in Table Bay
  Table Bay
  Table Bay is a natural bay on the Atlantic Ocean overlooked by Cape Town and is at the northern end of the Cape Peninsula, which stretches south to the Cape of Good Hope. It was named because it is dominated by the flat-topped Table Mountain.Bartolomeu Dias was the first European to explore this...
  
   by a strong wind and 75 people are drowned

Deaths

• 1721 - Johannes Cornelis D'Ablaing, acting Governor of the Cape, dies
• 1724 - Olof Bergh, Swedish explorer to Namaqualand
  Namaqualand
  Namaqualand is an arid region of Namibia and South Africa, extending along the west coast over and covering a total area of 170,000 square miles/440,000 km². It is divided by the lower course of the Orange River into two portions - Little Namaqualand to the south and Great Namaqualand to the...
  
  , dies in Cape Town
  Cape Town
  Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...
  
  , aged 81
• 23 April 1728 - Pieter Gysbert van Noodt, Governor of the Cape, dies of a sudden heart attack at the age of 48 during the hanging of four soldiers who had deserted
• 1727 - Maurits Pasques de Chavonnes, Governor of the Cape, dies