The following lists events that happened during the 1760s in South Africa.

Events

1760

• trekboers Jansz Coetse, Klas Barends and others cross the Gariep River (now called the Orange River)

1763

• 11 September – The "La Fortune", a French man-of-war, is wrecked near Mossel Bay in the Cape Colony while on its way from Réunion

1766

• 112 slaves from Madagascar arrive in Cape Town after a slave uprising on board the slaver ship Meermin.

Births

• 1 February 1761 – Christian Hendrik Persoon, mycologist, is born in the Cape Colony

Deaths

• 1760 – Hendrik Swellengrebel, Governor of the Cape Colony, dies