See also: Southern Africa BC, 15th century in South Africa, and the Timeline of South African history.

Events

• 300 AD - Early Iron Age communities are established in the northern and eastern regions of Southern Africa
• 500 AD - A group of Bantu speaking tribes migrating southwards reached present-day KwaZulu-Natal Province
• 696 AD - Arab traders trade along the east coast of the Southern African region
• 1050 - 1270 AD - Kingdom of Mapungubwe