The following lists events that happened during the 1620s in South Africa.

Events 1620 Captain Andrew Shillinge and Captain Humphrey Fitzherbert formally annex the shores of Table Bay in the name of King James I. French explorer Augustin de Beaulieu records the Robben Island Earthquake, the first recorded one in the country. 1622 The Portuguese ship, Sao João Baptista, was lost off the eastern coast of South Africa References

See Years in South Africa for list of References