1954 in South Africa

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See also: 1953 in South Africa, other events of 1954, 1955 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.

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Contents 1 Events 1.1 January 1.2 April 1.3 May 1.4 November 1.5 December 1.6 Unknown date 2 Births 3 Deaths

[edit] Events

[edit] January

• Mimi Coertse starts tuitorship under Maria Hittorff and Josef Witt

[edit] April

• 17 April - The Federation of South African Women is launched in Johannesburg

[edit] May

• 1 May - The South Africa national football team beats the Israel national football team 2-1 at the Rand Stadium, Johannesburg in a friendly match

[edit] November

• 30 November - Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom becomes the 6th Prime Minister of South Africa

[edit] December

• 16 - 19 December - The 43rd Annual Conference of the African National Congress is held in Durban

[edit] Unknown date

• George Bizos is admitted as a lawyer to the South African Bar
• The Federation of South African Women is formed

[edit] Births

• 4 February - Vincent Baloyi, artist is born in Newclare, Johannesburg
• 8 April - Vincent Oliphant, a poet and mathematician is born in Alicedale, Port Elizabeth
• 2 May - Bulelani Ngcuka, the first national director of Public Prosecutions, is born in Middledrift, Cape Province
• 23 August - Ngconde Balfour, politician
• 9 November - Koos Kombuis, a poet, singer, entertainer and writer, is born in Cape Town

[edit] Deaths